I've been looking for a replacement for Evernote for a while. So far I've tried wikis, bluenote, vim + git + markdown.
The most important feature keeping me with Evernote is the ability to drag and drop images.
The most important feature keeping me with Evernote is the ability to drag and drop images.
It's completely replaced Evernote for me. You can drag and drop images from a browser or the file system.
vim + git + markdown
Doesn't solve your image issue, but for text-only it's a pretty nice solution if you're comfortably living in vim anyway.