SynNotes

Syntax highlighted Notes manager with full-text search, tag support and simplenote.com synchronization.

Free
Open Source
Windows

simple syntax highlighted notes manager with incremental fulltext search and gmaill like tags as folders.most of the time app basically hides in the system tray. then you push global hotkey, and it appears with last note opened and search field already focused. after you found data needed hide the app back by pressing esc. when you have some notes created you probably would like to sync them to other your workstations/mobile devices. also, versioning and cloud backups would be nice. all that provided if you enable sync with your simplenote account

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Portable Syntax Highlighting

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Simplenote

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quick notes on windows features •simple and fast notes on windows •sync online with https://alternativein .

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Portable Sync with Simplenote
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Fetchnotes

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Share notes Voice Notes

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The Best 47 SynNotes Alternatives

Evernote

Simplenote

Zim

Standard Notes

CherryTree

NixNote

Boostnote

Notational Velocity

ResophNotes

nvALT

Oinker

Zoho Notebook

Quiver

nvPY

TreePad

The Guide

BeeCanvas

NimbleNotes

Inkdrop

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