LibreMoodboards vs Milanote

LibreMoodboards is a free, open-source Windows moodboard application built with Electron. It accepts images, GIFs, videos, and audio such as music or sound effects, and lets users add text notes and bookmarks. Files can be placed freely instead of following a fixed organization scheme. The app has no accounts or cloud service; the project says content remains local. It has no subscriptions, microtransactions, or paywalls. LibreMoodboards is released under GPLv3, with modifications and forks required to remain open source. The latest listed release is v1.0.0, described as the initial release. That release includes a portable Windows executable and source code; the executable runs without installation. The README also documents npm install and npm run build commands for building from source. The project welcomes issues and pull requests and suggests discussing major changes in an issue first.

Milanote organizes creative projects by arranging notes, images, videos, sketches and other material on boards. Its listed workflows include moodboarding, brainstorming, storyboarding, creative writing, visual project management, whiteboarding, mind mapping and remote work. Users can invite others to edit or comment, or share a read-only board that does not require a Milanote login. The Web Clipper saves text, images, links and video; boards can embed media from services such as YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud and Spotify. Milanote offers web access, desktop apps for Mac and Windows, and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Mobile apps require an internet connection to view and edit boards, and mobile users can display tables but not edit them. The free plan includes 100 notes, images or links, 10 file uploads and unlimited shared boards. Pay per person costs $9.99 a month billed annually, or $12.50 billed monthly, and includes unlimited notes, images, links, uploads and shared boards. Milanote says customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit.