Software Alternatives & Reviews

Desk

An award-winning & beloved desktop publishing client, exclusively for OS X.

Top 5 Open-Source Alternatives to Desk

Open Live Writer iA Writer osTicket Crossnote Dendron

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Desk are Open Live Writer, iA Writer, and osTicket. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Open Live Writer makes it easy to write, preview, and post to your blog.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Todos #Journal

  2. Minimal Design, Maximum Focus
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Paid
    • Free Trial
    • $29.99 / One-off

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 6 social mentions

  3. osTicket is a widely-used open source support ticket system.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Customer Support #Help Desk #Live Chat 38 social mentions

  4. Crossnote is probably the world's first markdown notes reader & editor Progressive Web Application that works offline and supports syncing with arbitrary git repository right inside your browser.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Todos #Task Management

  5. Dendron is an open-source, local-first, markdown-based, note-taking tool built on top of VSCode. It supports all the usual features you would expect like tagging, backlinks, a graph view, split panes, and so forth.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • $5.0 / Monthly (Custom domain name for publishing.)

    #Note Taking #Knowledge Management #Office & Productivity 21 social mentions

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