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Folio

Folio is a note-taking program, available on Linux: Markdown support.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Folio is a note-taking program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: Markdown support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Beautiful markdown note-taking app” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Beautiful markdown note-taking app” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Folio is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Create notebooks and take notes in markdown Some features include: Almost WYSIWYG markdown rendering Searchable through GNOME search Highlight and strikethrough text formatting App themeing based on notebook color Trash can Markdown document Optional line numbers Optional auto save Open links with Control-Click Link to other notes in Folio Automatically create links for bare URL's and e-mail addresses

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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