MemPad
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.
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Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Portable
- Full-Text Search
- Works Offline
- Hierarchical Structure
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- Protected by Password
- Outliner
- On top
Tags
- plain-text
- word-wrap
MemPad News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
eluzja added MemPad as alternative to TreeProjects- paranoiddownloader liked MemPad
- SV1987 reviewed MemPad
• No multiple fonts. • No fonts formatting. • No embeddable images, except as local links. May be good as a planner, to use as a vocabulary, etc. Very simplistic.
- JohnSmith667 reviewed MemPad
This really should be at the top of alternatives for "Treepad Lite" and "Treepad Plus". It has pretty much the exact same feature set and scope, without feature creep. It also loads really fast. Being 100% freeware seals the deal really.
- JohnSmith667 updated MemPad
- JohnSmith667 liked MemPad
POX added MemPad as alternative to Focal - Notes & Tasks
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What is MemPad?
MemPad is a plain text outliner and note taking program with a structured index. All pages are stored in a single file. User interface available in 20 languages. Unicode.
The program offers standard editing functions including cut, copy, paste, undo, date/time insert, drag&drop, and supports Web links as well as network and local file or folder links (full path not required) and internal page links. Environment variables can be used in file links to run programs, for example.
MemPad information
Developed by
Horst Schaeffer Licensing
Proprietary and Free product.Alternatives
21 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Am using it for years now, it's my brain, without it i would forget where i am. All of my research notes or random daily observations go into it. Light on resources (instant startup via system hotkey), reliable, never in my way (constant auto save so no data loss on crash, exit program with esc key), has a diary function (hotkey F6 takes you to a note for today), can handle large files, can have nice colors and a distraction free user interface, you can set up multiple configurations for different purposes .... I remember the times when i tested other programs like treenote or keynote but mempad is just perfect at what it does: keep structured notes that you may want to return to regularly. Thank you H. S.!
• No multiple fonts. • No fonts formatting. • No embeddable images, except as local links. May be good as a planner, to use as a vocabulary, etc. Very simplistic.
This really should be at the top of alternatives for "Treepad Lite" and "Treepad Plus". It has pretty much the exact same feature set and scope, without feature creep. It also loads really fast. Being 100% freeware seals the deal really.
After years of using 'TreePad Lite', I started searching for a more updated alternative, but still light, with just the right functionality and tree structure. Over the last few months I tested several, including 'The Guide', 'TreeNotes' and others. However, although being nice software, they were not able to fully replace 'TreePad Lite' for me. Finally I discovered 'MemPad', and I'm not looking back. I have it installed locally on all my computers, but the data and settings are stored in (one single place) in the cloud. So wherever I go, I have my tree-structured notes with me - text only, as I like it. Easy to configure font and background colors, automatic save, auto backup creation - you never loose your work. Move nodes easily up/down/left/right in the tree hierarchy - you decide the sorting order. Global search. Single clik on URL's to go to web-pages. This is my idea-bank, my todo-lists, and my "memory" :-)
Really cool idea. It's a tiny, fast program (under 1mb) that saves as a single .txt file.
The problem with it is that it does not save into anything standard. It saves one single file, but I would prefer it save the nested notes as being nested in folders, so you could easily export this anywhere and it is easy to read without the program. This is to protect against not being able to use the software in the future.
If there was a markdown editor just like this that did that (like a less bloated Zim Wiki or Obsidian), I would definitely adopt.
MemPad does not have a calendar. Therefore, it is NOT an alternative to EssentialPIM.