Chronicler Pro AlternativesNote-taking Tools & World Building Games like Chronicler Pro

Chronicler Pro is described as 'A versatile, cross-platform worldbuilding app that can be used as a simple note-taking app, a private local wiki, a writing tool for a novel, or a TTRPG campaign manager' and is a Note-taking tool in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Chronicler Pro for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Chronicler Pro alternative is Zim, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Chronicler Pro are TiddlyWiki, DokuWiki, XWiki and Wiki.js.

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  1. Zim icon

    Zim

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    Zim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Store information, link pages and edit with WYSISYG markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it previewed as-you-type. Creating a new page is easy by either clicking on the "Create new note"...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    • Zim is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Chronicler Pro.

    • Zim is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Chronicler Pro.

    • Zim is Free and Open SourceChronicler Pro is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Zim is Lightweight and Privacy focusedChronicler Pro is not according to our users
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    TiddlyWiki

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    TiddlyWiki is a single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because its a single file, its very portable - you can email it, put it on a web server or share...

    176 TiddlyWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Xfce
    • RemoteStorage
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    • TiddlyWiki is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Chronicler Pro.

    • TiddlyWiki is Free and Open SourceChronicler Pro is Freemium and Proprietary
    • TiddlyWiki is CustomizableChronicler Pro is not according to our users
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    DokuWiki

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    DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and...

    93 DokuWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  5. XWiki icon

    XWiki

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    XWiki is the ultimate open-source structured wiki designed to enhance business collaboration and efficiency. Tailored for tech-savvy professionals, XWiki’s extensibility, customization, and flexibility make it indispensable for managing large projects and datasets, while...

    109 XWiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    Wiki.js

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    Write your content in the widely used and simple Markdown format, using the built-in visual editor. Unlike other wiki software that save content in a database with a difficult to extract format, Wiki.js saves all your content directly into Markdown (.

    76 Wiki.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    Quoll Writer

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    Focus on your words not the interface. Quoll Writer is a writing application that helps you focus on your words. Clean and uncluttered. Feature rich. Features are where you would expect them to be.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    novelWriter

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    novelWriter is a Markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents. It uses its own flavor of Markdown that supports a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis and cross-referencing between files.

    61 novelWriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Python
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    Untold Novel

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    Untold Novel is a fresh new approach to planning your next bestseller. It helps you keep all your notes, ideas, characters, locations, and much more organized in one convenient place.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Untold Novel is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Chronicler Pro.

    • Untold Novel is the most popular commercial alternative to Chronicler Pro.

    • Untold Novel is Paid and ProprietaryChronicler Pro is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Untold Novel is Privacy focusedChronicler Pro is not according to our users
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    Fantasia Archive

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    Free offline worldbuilding and story creation tool with dozens of templates, complex tagging options, document linking, and project-wide search. Template examples: characters, places, events, religions, currencies, magic, species, languages.

    29 Fantasia Archive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. Ikarus icon

    Ikarus

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    Ever wanted to create your own world? Keep track of your P&P campaigns? Are you working as a worldbuilder and find it troublesome to keep track of lots of relevant data or simply want to share that data in an accessible way? Well look no further than Ikarus!.

    11 Ikarus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. Fortelling icon

    Fortelling

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    Fortelling provides the tools you need to plot & write your book.

    54 Fortelling alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Fortelling is optimised for both a smal and a large screen.
     

    • Fortelling is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Chronicler Pro.

    • Fortelling is Freemium and ProprietaryChronicler Pro is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Fortelling is LightweightChronicler Pro is not according to our users
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