OutWiker is a cross-platform note-taking application that stores notes in a tree structure.
Unlike applications that save an entire notebook in a single file, OutWiker stores its note tree as ordinary directories on disk.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Stores the note tree as directories on disk.
- Supports HTML, wiki and plain text pages.
- Adds Markdown pages through an optional plugin.
- Attaches any number of files to individual notes.
- Displays attached images within HTML pages.
- Creates links between related pages.
- Organises pages using tags, bookmarks and custom icons.
- Provides full-text and tag-based searches.
- Opens individual tree branches as separate wikis.
- Extends functionality through plugins.
- Offers HTML and wiki syntax highlighting.
- Supports portable operation with settings stored alongside the application.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux and Windows.
Website: github.com/Jenyay/outwiker
Support:
Developer: Eugeniy Ilin
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
OutWiker is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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