GloboNote is a desktop note-taking application that combines sticky notes with reminders, task lists and personal journals. It provides a substantial collection of features for organising everyday information without relying on a web service.
Users can create independent notes, arrange them into groups and manage their visibility through the application’s note manager. Notes support rich text, images, hyperlinks and attachments, allowing them to contain more detailed information than conventional paper reminders.
GloboNote also includes alarms, recurring reminders and password protection. Its backup and restore facilities help preserve note collections, while portable mode allows users to keep the application and their data together when moving between computers.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create sticky notes, reminders, journals and checklists.
- Organise notes into groups and control their visibility.
- Search note contents using the built-in search facility.
- Find and replace text within notes.
- Apply rich text formatting including bold, italic, underline and strikethrough.
- Change fonts, text colours and highlighting.
- Create bulleted lists, numbered lists and checklists.
- Insert images from files, URLs or the clipboard.
- Resize attached images within notes.
- Attach files and launch them directly from a note.
- Automatically detect hyperlinks.
- Create one-time and recurring reminders.
- Configure reminder sounds and snooze intervals.
- Protect notes and groups with passwords.
- Lock notes against accidental editing or deletion.
- Configure note transparency and always-on-top behaviour.
- Roll up notes manually or automatically when they are not being used.
- Create reusable note templates with keyboard shortcuts.
- Perform mathematical calculations within notes.
- Restore deleted notes.
- Export notes as plain text.
- Print notes.
- Automatically back up and restore note collections.
- Use portable mode to keep application settings and notes together.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: globonote.info
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Developer: William Chan
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
GloboNote is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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| GloboNote | Simple and easy to use open source note taking application |
| Sticky Notes | Simple note taking program designed for GNOME |
| Notejot | Billed as a stupidly simple sticky notes applet. |
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Sadly, Globonote seems outdated – last update was 2020 and it doesn’t seem to integrate at all with KDE.