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Productivity & Notes
Open-source workspace merging docs, canvas and tables
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Yana
A powerful note-taking app with nested documents and full-text search.
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About Yana
Yana is a note-taking application that organises your thoughts with nested documents, tags, tree views and full-text search. It combines a rich-text editor for everyday notes with a code snippet editor powered by the same engine as Visual Studio Code, and it is designed to stay fast with tens of thousands of notes. Free to use and open source, it suits writers, students and developers building a personal knowledge base.
Yana website preview
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Yana: strengths & things to check
Strengths
- Completely free to use — this directory lists no paid plan for it.
- Covers notes, knowledge base, editor, open source — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
- Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.
Things to check
- Free tools can change their model or shut down — avoid locking critical work into it without an export path.
- Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
- It is one of 2092 tools in the Productivity & Notes category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.
Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.
Yana pricing
| Pricing model | Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. |
|---|---|
| Free access | Yes — fully free |
| Current plan prices | Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale. |
| Official site | yana.js.org |
Yana key facts
- Category: Productivity & Notes
- Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
- Focus areas: notes, knowledge base, editor, open source
- Official site: yana.js.org
Yana FAQ
How much does Yana cost?
Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (yana.js.org).
What is Yana used for?
A powerful note-taking app with nested documents and full-text search. Its focus areas in the Productivity & Notes category: notes, knowledge base, editor, open source.
Where can I try Yana?
On its official site, yana.js.org — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.
Yana vs alternatives
| Yana | AFFiNE | AppFlowy | Atomic Server | |
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| Pricing | Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. | Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more. | Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. | Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more. |
| Focus areas | notes, knowledge base, editor, open source | notes, open source, canvas, workspace | notes, open source, self hosted, workspace | knowledge base, local first, open source, self hosted |
| Official site | yana.js.org | affine.pro | appflowy.io | atomicserver.eu |
| Directory status | Listed | Listed | Listed | Listed |
Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.
About the Productivity & Notes category
Notes, tasks, and project tools that keep you organized and focused. The Productivity & Notes category on Tools Hub currently lists 2092 tools. Alongside Yana, it includes Amazing Marvin, Microsoft To Do, VivifyScrum, Everyday.
Alternatives to Yana
Tools in the same Productivity & Notes category that share focus areas with Yana — worth comparing before you commit:
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Productivity & Notes
Open-source workspace you can self-host
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Productivity & Notes
Local-first workspace for documents, tables and files, now atomic.place
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Productivity & Notes
Open-source note-taking app focused on fast capture of fleeting ideas with
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Productivity & Notes
AI notes and personal blogging for capturing ideas fast
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Productivity & Notes
You ask. Chunk gets it done - one app for AI chat, Markdown notes and the paperwork you repeat
More in Productivity & Notes
Comparing tools in the Productivity & Notes category? These related listings are worth a look: Amazing Marvin — A customisable task manager and daily planner that helps beat procrastination; Microsoft To Do — Microsoft's cloud-based task management app — focus, from work to play; VivifyScrum — Agile project management for teams that deliver — Scrum and Kanban boards.
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Productivity & Notes
A customisable task manager and daily planner that helps beat procrastination.
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Productivity & Notes
Microsoft's cloud-based task management app — focus, from work to play.
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Productivity & Notes
Agile project management for teams that deliver — Scrum and Kanban boards.
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Productivity & Notes
Form new habits by doing things every day, beautifully visualised.
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Productivity & Notes
Habits, goals and time tracking with a rules engine, API and dashboards.
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AI notes and personal blogging for capturing ideas fast