MemPad
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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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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.!
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.