Software · Office & notes
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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