Forma gives you an open canvas where you can drop ideas anywhere. Move things around, group them visually, draw connections, and keep a clear picture of everything you’re working on.




Indigrid is described as 'A new medium for your ideas—augment your thinking with a text editor designed for structuring lists. Side-by-side views allow 3 modes of thinking' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Indigrid for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Indigrid alternative is Notesnook, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Indigrid are Zim, TiddlyWiki, CryptPad and CherryTree.
Forma gives you an open canvas where you can drop ideas anywhere. Move things around, group them visually, draw connections, and keep a clear picture of everything you’re working on.




The Jarte word processor uses Microsofts reliable, fast starting WordPad word processing engine while adding many features missing in WordPad.

Tracks is a web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology. It was built using Ruby on Rails, and comes with a built-in webserver (WEBrick), so that you can run it on your own computer if you like.




Things that need to get done don't always have a binary state. They aren't always 'to-do,' and 'done.' That's why you need an app that tracks when you're actually doing something, lets you tag it to suit your needs, and lets you set a priority for...




Instiki is a basic Wiki clone so pretty and easy to set up, you’ll wonder if it’s really a Wiki. Runs on Rails and focuses on portability and stability, Supports file uploads, LaTeX export, RSS feeds, S5 slideshows, multiple users and password protection.

SuperNotecard is an intuitive tool that uses notecards to capture and organize your ideas. These virtual notecards can be moved into decks, arranged on the screen, or grouped and categorized with ease.



The beautifully crafted outliner for your Mac. Keep ideas structured and collected every day.




Fidus Writer is an online collaborative LaTeX editor especially made for academics who need to use citations and/or formulas. The editor focuses on the content rather than the layout, so that with the same text, you can later on publish it in multiple ways: On a website, as a...


Cardfile is a personal information manager, based on index cards, that was distributed with Microsoft Windows starting from the original version 1.01 until Windows NT 4.0 Server. Cardfile is also included with Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition, but has to be installed...


Steward is a personal database for organizing everything. It's easy to use.




Write beautifully. Organize easily. Find everything. Fuss free writing. Saves notes as RTF files on user specified folder. Can search across all notes. No sign up/log in required. Portable application.

Tkoutline is a single pane, cross-platform outline editor written in Tcl/Tk . With this editor, information can be structured hierarchically in an outline and outlines can be hyperlinked together to create a web of outlines.
