A list of awesome desktop note-taking applications.
↑ Free
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Zim - Zim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages.
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Tidlywiki - Non-linear notebook for capturing, organising and sharing complex information. Single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet.
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Mediawiki - Collaboration and documentation platform. Used by tens of thousands of websites and thousands of companies and organizations. It powers Wikipedia and also the website.
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Mempad - Plain text outliner and note taking program with a structured index. All pages are stored in a single file.
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Simplenote 📱 - Markdown, Tag oraginized.
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Cherrytree - A hierarchical note-taking app, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting.
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Laverna - JavaScript note-taking web application with Markdown and encryption support. Open source alternative to Evernote.
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OneNote - Microsoft OneNote is a program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.
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Zoho Notebook - Mobile/Web/Desktop app to take multiple forms of notes.
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Tomboy-ng - desktop note-taking application for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
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wridea - web service to organize and improve ideas and notes by sharing with friends and necessary tools.
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CodiMD - Realtime collaborative markdown notes.
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Obsidian - Free for personal use app, that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
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Notable - Markdown editor based, Tag organized, plus you can write KaTeX expressions, Mermaid diagrams
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Joplin - Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. Supports import from Evernote.
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Zettlr - Markdown Editor for the 21st century.
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Foonote - Lightweight, portable, Git syncing tree-structured note-taking companion.
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QOwnNotes - Plain-text file and todo-list manager with markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.
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Noteledge - NoteLedge is a digital notebook for designers and content creators to capture inspiration, make mood boards, and accelerate your creative process
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Tagspaces Lite - Privacy aware, open source, cross-platform file browser. It helps to organize your files and folders with tags and colors.
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Dendron - Local-first, markdown based, hierarchical built on top of VSCode and friends.
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Resoph Notes Low resource usage. (No longer updated)
- Logseq - knowledge management and collaboration. It focuses on privacy, longevity, and user control. Plain text files and we currently support both Markdown and Emacs Org mode (more to be added soon).
- Athens - knowledge graph for research and notetaking. Athens is open-source, private, extensible, and community-driven. (No longer maintained)
- Foam - Personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
- Calculist - the open source thinking tool for problem solvers.
- Trilium notes - Powerfull app focused on building personal knowledge base. WYSIWYG.
↑ Freemium
- Notion - Collabarative, Customizable, Crossplatform.
- Turtl - Whether it's bookmarks or passwords, files or shopping lists.Turtl organizes it all and makes it easy to find later. Sync across your devices. Leave nothing behind.
- HackMD - HackMD helps developers write better documents and build active communities with open collaboration.
- Evernote - An (online) app designed for note-taking, organizing, task management, and archiving of different formats.
- inkdrop - An (online) app for organizing Markdown notes.
- Workflowy - WorkFlowy is a single list that can contain infinite lists inside it. It’s a more powerful, easier way to organize all the information in your life.
- DEVONthink - Mac or iPhone app with lots of features that can handle many files.
- Roam - A note-taking tool for networked thought.
- Nuclino - Nuclino brings all your team's knowledge, docs, and projects together in one place.
- Siyuan - Privacy-first personal knowledge management system, offline support, end-to-end encrypted data sync, cross-platform. Fuse blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to refactor your thinking.
- Cinta Notes - Full text search, Notebooks
↑ Contribution
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