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A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.

Key Typora features:

Live Preview Minimalistic Interface Customizable Themes Cross-Platform Compatibility

Open Source

A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

Key Obsidian.md features:

Local-first Markdown Support Bidirectional Linking Customizability

Zero-knowledge encrypted notes, tasks, journals, files, and passwords in one app. Your keys never leave your device. One-time price, no subscription. Hosted in Switzerland.

Key PrivacyNotes features:

Privacy-focused Encryption Ephemeral notes Simple and lightweight

Try for free Open Source freemium $48.0 / One-off (Early adopter price)

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. .

Key Joplin features:

Open Source Cross-Platform End-to-End Encryption Rich Text Support

Open Source free

A simple markdown note management app.

Key MarkNote features:

Open Source Integration with KDE Support for Markdown Cross-Platform Availability

Notesnook is a simple and private note taking app that keeps your notes organized and synced on your phone, tablet and computer.

Key Notesnook features:

Notebooks & Tags Prioritise by Colors Rich Text Editor Tables & Lists

Open Source freemium $4.49 / Monthly (UI Themes & accents)

Modern markdown editor application, Build fast and efficient workflows.

Key MarkFlowy features:

User-Friendly Interface Markdown Support Cross-Platform Accessibility Real-Time Collaboration

Open Source

Capture notes, share them with others, and access them from your computer, phone or tablet. Free with a Google account.

Key Google Keep features:

Cross-Platform Accessibility Integration with Google Ecosystem Real-Time Collaboration Voice Notes

Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.

Key Hemingway features:

Readability Improvement Visual Feedback Formatting Tools Distraction-Free Interface

The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.

Key Simplenote features:

Ease of Use Free of Cost Real-time Sync Multi-platform Support

Open Source

Privacy oriented, without vendor lock in note organizer and todo list desktop application.

Key Notepack features:

Efficient serialization Compatibility with MessagePack Lightweight

Zim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting and images.

Key Zim Wiki features:

Offline Accessibility Simple Interface Rich Formatting Options Backlinking

Open Source

Simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents.

Key ReText features:

Cross-Platform Simple and Lightweight Supports Multiple Markup Languages Live Preview

a non-linear personal web notebook.

Key TiddlyWiki features:

Flexible and customizable Self-contained No server needed Active community

Open Source