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Re:Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative by takluyver on Sunday January 25, 2015 @02:34PM (#8943966)
Magpie, which I think was on HN a few weeks back, is an attempt at precisely this.

https://magpie-notes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Re:Paperwork: An open source Evernote alternative by jessaustin on Sunday January 25, 2015 @03:29PM (#8944129)
I must have missed it a few weeks back, but thanks for mentioning this because it's just what I need!