CherryTree Alternatives

CherryTree is described as 'Free, open-source note-taking with rich text, cross-platform support, syntax highlighting, embedded files, and customizable interface' and is a very popular Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to CherryTree for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best CherryTree alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like CherryTree are Joplin, Notion, Zim and AppFlowy.

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CherryTree alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Todo List Managers or Task Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Android, iPad, Linux, Mac, Online and Windows + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to CherryTree.
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  1. Note Station allows your precious ideas to be synced from your own Synology NAS server device to all your computers and mobile devices with maximum privacy and security.

    15 Synology Note Station alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  2. NoteLoom icon
     3 likes

    A local-first Markdown workspace that opens real folders in your browser and saves changes directly to .md files on disk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
     
  3. ThinkPost icon
     3 likes

    Interactive split-screen diagramming, draggable block-based note-taking, and brainstorming tool. Super charged productivity with seamless parallel streaming of ideas.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. FileOutliner icon
     3 likes

    A local-first Markdown note app with an outliner editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. PrivateNotes icon
     10 likes

    PrivateNotes (formerly Exocortex) is an encrypted note-taking app designed for networked thought. It allows you to link ideas together, creating a web of interconnected notes that mimic how your mind works.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. OpenNotas icon
     6 likes

    OpenNotas is an open-source note-taking application, cross-platform based on PWA, focusing on security and device synchronization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7.  5 likes

    HackFlowy is an open source clone of Workflowy, built using backbone.js and socket.io, with an option to easily deploy via Heroku.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. SourCherry icon
     2 likes

    SourCherry is an Android app to open CherryTree’s databases. Right now app can read databases and do basic editing tasks.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  9. MindForger icon
     20 likes

    MindForger is a modern, free, open-source, privacy-focused and performance-driven Markdown IDE for creating, editing, and managing all types of notes.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    MindForger vs CherryTree Comments
    William Tumeo
    Positive
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    It's simpler to organize notebooks and notes without restructuring the whole markdown text.

    • MindForger is Free and Open SourceCherryTree is also Free and Open Source
    • MindForger is LightweightCherryTree is not according to our users
  10. Treedome icon
     3 likes

    A local-first, encrypted, note taking application with tree-like structures, all written and saved in rich text format. Supports Linux, Windows, and a certain walled-garden operating system.

    16 Treedome alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. MemPad icon
     29 likes

    MemPad is a plain text outliner and note taking program with a tree structured index. All pages are stored in a single file. User interface available in 20 languages.

    22 MemPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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