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Lemma

Lemma is a note-taking program, available on Linux: full-text search and keyboard shortcuts.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

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

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: full-text search and keyboard shortcuts.

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
  • “Note-Taking App” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Markdown import and export is also built in.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Markdown import and export is also built in.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “And much much more: To-Do Lists, View Backlinks, Sidebars with Buttons for Emojis and Special Symbols, Bookmark Pages with Convenient Shortcuts, Full-Text Search, Editable Toolbars and Keyboard Shortcuts, ...” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “And much much more: To-Do Lists, View Backlinks, Sidebars with Buttons for Emojis and Special Symbols, Bookmark Pages with Convenient Shortcuts, Full-Text Search, Editable Toolbars and Keyboard Shortcuts, ...” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Lemma is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

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

Take notes with beautiful typography. Features include: Super-fast Page Management: Create pages by linking to them (just like in a wiki). Press Ctrl+L to add a link to another page. Easy Math Entry: Edit mathematical expressions directly in the main text editor. No separate windows for math entry! Programming Support: Run Python scripts from within your documents and display the results. It's Literate Programming taken to the next level. Convenient Import / Export: Add files and images with drag and drop or copy and paste. You can easily export them too. Markdown import and export is also built in. And much much more: To-Do Lists, View Backlinks, Sidebars with Buttons for Emojis and Special Symbols, Bookmark Pages with Convenient Shortcuts, Full-Text Search, Editable Toolbars and Keyboard Shortcuts, ...

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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