Zim

Zim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Store information, link pages and edit with WYSISYG markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it previewed as-you-type.

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zim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. store information, link pages and edit with wysisyg markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it previewed asyoutype. creating a new page is easy by either clicking on the "create new note" button, by linking to a nonexisting page or by writing a camelcase name in any note. pages are stored in a folder structure, like in an outliner, in plain text format with lightweight markup, and can have attachments (stored along the notes).

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Portable Text formatting Hierarchical structure WYSIWYG Support Sync with Dropbox File Versioning Nested Notes

The Best 9 Zim Alternatives

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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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Laverna

laverna is a javascript note taking application with markdown editor and encryption support. consider it like open source alternative to evernote.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted

Works Offline Cloud sync MarkDown support Sync between devices Support for Keyboard Shortcuts AES encryption Dropbox integration Dropbox syncing Encrypted Notes Support for LaTeX No registration required Protected by Password Syntax Highlighting Tags Feature
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Standard Notes

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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OpenNote

opennote was built to be an open web based alternative to microsoft onenote and evernote .

Free Open Source Self-Hosted

Works Offline Tag based Lightweight WYSIWYG Support Support for Multiple Users
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TagSpaces

TagSpaces is a multiplatform application, which allows you to manage and organize your local files with the help of tags.

Freemium Windows Linux Android iPhone Mac

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Works Offline MarkDown support Tag based Hierarchical structure Built in Note Taker Support for WebDAV File organization File search Automatic file renaming Support for Batch Mode Built in editor Chromecast support Color coding File preview File tagging Indexed search Information aggregator Visual Tagging
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Nimbus Note

Nimbus Note is an easy way to take notes and capture text/pictures from Web pages.

Freemium Windows Android iPhone Chrome OS Web Windows Phone Chrome Chromium

Capture Screen / Take screenshots IFTTT integration Works Offline Web clipper Integrated Search Search by tags Share notes Nested Folders Audio recording Location based reminders Photo notes Sync across Devices
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Omni Notes

Note taking open-source application aimed to have both a simple interface but keeping smart behavior.

Free Open Source Android

Works Offline Encrypted Notes Native application
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Elephant

Elephant is a notetaker with a classic interface you already know. Keep your notes to yourself. No accounts or clouds. For syncing use Dropbox, Github, rsync, ... No feature bloat or redesigns, ever.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Mac

Portable Works Offline MarkDown support Save as txt
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Knowte

Knowte is a note taking application that allows you to quickly and easily write and organize your notes. What makes it especially useful, is the search feature.

Free Open Source Windows

Customizable Portable Works Offline

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