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Rnote
Open-source vector-based drawing app built for stylus sketching, notes, and annotated PDFs.
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What is Rnote?
Open-source vector-based drawing app built for stylus sketching, notes, and annotated PDFs. See it in our Design Tools collection.
Key benefits
- Rnote helps you design or prototype interfaces faster than starting from scratch.
- Rnote supports modern product design workflows, from early exploration through handoff.
- Teams can use Rnote alongside tools like Figma, Webflow, or Framer for a more complete design stack.
Use cases
- Using Rnote during early sketching and wireframing for a new product or feature.
- Relying on Rnote to maintain design systems, component libraries, or tokens.
- Pairing Rnote with your dev stack so handoff to engineering is smoother.
About Rnote
Rnote is a focused sketching and annotation tool for people who work with a pen or tablet. It combines an infinite canvas with page-based layouts, shape tools, and pressure-sensitive strokes, making it useful for whiteboarding, class notes, and design roughs. It imports PDFs and images for markup, exports to SVG/PDF/PNG, and saves work in a native file format for iteration. The interface scales well on small screens and big monitors, and it includes practical touches like autosave and a workspace browser for related files. If you want a lightweight, local-first alternative to heavier diagramming apps, Rnote hits a sweet spot for visual thinking.
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- drawing
- vector
- stylus
- gtk
- open-source
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