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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Evernote

Evernote is a cross-platform, freemium app designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving.

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet Web Blackberry Windows RT

IFTTT integration Works Offline Automatic attachment management Cloud sync Export to iCalendar Google Drive integration MarkDown support Nested Notebooks Owncloud integration Sync with Owncloud PDF annotation Sync between devices Tag based Text formatting Web clipper
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Simplenote

made by the company behind wordpress , simplenote is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas, and more. your notes stay updated across all your devices. no buttons to press. it just works.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Web Mac

MarkDown support Sync between devices Tag based Search by tags Electron based File Versioning
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Love Notes. Love Encryption. Standard Notes is a safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work. It's simple. Standard Notes is the easiest notes app you'll ever use.

Freemium Open Source

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Privacy focused Privacy protection Security focused Ad free Works Offline Android Sync Cloud sync MarkDown support Sync between devices Tag based Sync with Dropbox AES encryption Encrypted Notes Client side encryption Decentralized End to end encryption Cross platform Very strong privacy Clean design Content Filtering Local Storage Nested Folders Plain text authoring Plugin support Privacy Protected Real time sync
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Boostnote

Boostnote is simple note app, code manager, snippet manager and memo app for software programmers. Boostnote saves all of your information about development. Be a hacker's brain. Using Boostnote is totally free.

Free Open Source Windows Linux Android iPhone Mac

MarkDown support Syntax Highlighting Local Storage Live Preview No Internet required
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nvALT

A fork of the original Notational Velocity with some additional features and interface modifications.

Free Open Source Mac OS X

MarkDown support Integrated Search Sync with Simplenote
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Inkdrop

The note-taking app with robust Markdown editor, supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux. This app is designed to be the most convenient way to make notes in Markdown for your daily hacking.

Commercial

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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.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone

MarkDown support Encrypted Notes End to end encryption Sync with Onedrive

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SynNotes

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