An important feature tom me is if a program is cross-platform. The application could be great on the desktop but if i can’t access the data on my phone, I’m not likely to consider it.
Could what platforms these programs run be added?
We identify cross-platform applications on the specific pages for the applications – see the table at the end of the article.
Friar Tux
5 years ago
Cherrytree is my go-to note app. In fact I use it for all my writing needs – forget the ‘office suite’. I tried Joplin, and Zim, but Cherrytree even beat out those two for me. While I do have a notepad app which came default with the OS (I use that mostly as a viewer), Cherrytree replaces a lot of writing tools on my computer – word processor, speadsheet, data based, notepad, address book/contact list, task manager, to do lister, recipe box, inventory lister, and much, much more.. Every bit of writing and note related material I have is on Cherrytree (one file ‘to rule them all’). I have backups of that file so loosing it is not a problem. Also, I keep a link to Dropbox so the file is always there and current. AND, Cherrytree is cross platform so, as mentioned by a former commenter, I can use it on Linux and or Windows. For me, Cherrytree is THE best note app out there.
Ben
3 years ago
Obsidian really needs to go on this list.
It manages it’s notes in a folder, so you can synchronise.
It has taken over the #1 spot from Joplin for me.
It’s amazing how many times people don’t read the heading of an article. Or they are just self-promoting.
Retro Mouse
3 years ago
There’s also Xournal++ for handwritten notes with a stylus or drawing tablet. And also BookStackApp, even though this is web-based, rather than a desktop’s binary packaged app.
An important feature tom me is if a program is cross-platform. The application could be great on the desktop but if i can’t access the data on my phone, I’m not likely to consider it.
Could what platforms these programs run be added?
We identify cross-platform applications on the specific pages for the applications – see the table at the end of the article.
Cherrytree is my go-to note app. In fact I use it for all my writing needs – forget the ‘office suite’. I tried Joplin, and Zim, but Cherrytree even beat out those two for me. While I do have a notepad app which came default with the OS (I use that mostly as a viewer), Cherrytree replaces a lot of writing tools on my computer – word processor, speadsheet, data based, notepad, address book/contact list, task manager, to do lister, recipe box, inventory lister, and much, much more.. Every bit of writing and note related material I have is on Cherrytree (one file ‘to rule them all’). I have backups of that file so loosing it is not a problem. Also, I keep a link to Dropbox so the file is always there and current. AND, Cherrytree is cross platform so, as mentioned by a former commenter, I can use it on Linux and or Windows. For me, Cherrytree is THE best note app out there.
Obsidian really needs to go on this list.
It manages it’s notes in a folder, so you can synchronise.
It has taken over the #1 spot from Joplin for me.
No it shouldn’t, it’s proprietary software.
It’s amazing how many times people don’t read the heading of an article. Or they are just self-promoting.
There’s also Xournal++ for handwritten notes with a stylus or drawing tablet. And also BookStackApp, even though this is web-based, rather than a desktop’s binary packaged app.
Please, don’t forget Opentodolist.
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