nvALT Alternatives for Windows

Popular Alternatives to nvALT for Windows. Explore 25+ Windows apps like nvALT, all suggested and ranked by the AlternativeTo user community.

A fork of the original Notational Velocity with some additional features and interface modifications If you're looking for more info about nvALT like screenshots, reviews and comments you should visit our info page about it. Below you find the best alternatives.

The list of alternatives was last updated: 9/11/2019 12:03:00 PM

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Google Keep

Google Keep is a service provided by Google which integrates note-taking and web surfing. Quickly capture what’s on your mind and recall it easily wherever you are. Create a checklist, enter a voice note or take a photo and annotate it. Everything you add is available instantly on all your devices – desktop and mobile.
- Inconsistent search capabilities and does not support Markdown. Guest • Jun 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad Chrome Android Wear
Share notes Sync on many devices Google Chrome Extensions Apps that Sync with Google Calendar ... Handwriting recognition Handwritten Notes Html parsing Integrated Search Location-based reminders Notetaking Works Offline Periodic reminders Photo notes Real time collaboration Real-Time Synchronization Reminders Sharable lists To-Do management Voice Notes Add a feature

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Evernote

Evernote is a cross-platform, freemium app designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving. The app allows users to create a "note" which can be a piece of formatted text, a full webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten "ink" note. Notes can also have file attachments. Notebooks can be added to a stack while notes can be sorted into a notebook, tagged, annotated, edited, given comments, searched, and exported as part of a notebook.
- nvALT is a lightweight, plain text / markdown note taking application. Evernote is a huge application with cloud sync and accounts and cost and a ton of other things I don't need. Guest • Jun 2017 • 8 agrees and 0 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... Blackberry Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Kindle Fire Pebble
Cloud sync OCR Works Offline Sync between devices ... Text formatting Export to iCalendar Google Drive integration Hyperlinks IFTTT integration MarkDown support Nested Notebooks Notetaking Works Offline Owncloud integration Sync with Owncloud Protected by Password PDF annotation Screenshot OCR Sits in the System Tray Tag based Web clipper Add a feature

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Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote, part of the Microsoft Office Suite , is a digital notebook application that gives people one place to gather notes and information. It also offers shared notebooks, syncing between multiple computers and devices via Windows Live online storage, and optical character recognition (OCR) for getting text from pictures, business cards, etc. An online version, https://alternativeto .

Free Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Kindle Fire
Handwritten Notes Support for styluses Cloud sync Hierarchical structure ... Notetaking Text formatting Visual Organization Web clipper Audio Recording Auto-saving Automatic Tagging Better formatting Data Import and Export Embedded media File-sync Freehand Writing Handwriting recognition Hyperlinks IFTTT integration Integrated Search Knowledge Management Latex Math Legacy Firefox Addon Multiple Account support No dependencies Notetaking OCR Works Offline OneLogin integration Protected by Password PDF OCR Photo Import Screenshot OCR Search by tags Sections Subtasks Tabbed interface Voice recognition WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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Joplin

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. The notes are in Markdown format. Notes exported from Evernote via .enex files can be imported into Joplin, including the formatted content (which is converted to Markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad Chrome Termux Firefox
MarkDown support Apps with End-to-End Encryption Cloud sync Encrypted Notes ... Local Storage Nextcloud integration Privacy focused Support for WebDAV E2e encryption Works Offline Built-in Terminal Google Chrome Extensions Command Line support Data export/import Embedded media Encryption Evernote import File Searching File Tagging Firefox Extensions Fountain support Full text search Lightweight Night mode/Dark Theme Note Manager Notetaking Sync with Onedrive Protected by Password Periodic reminders Save as Markdown Search by tags Support for NodeJS Sync between devices Syntax Highlighting Table creation Terminal-based To-Do management Web clipper Write files in markdown Add a feature

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Standard Notes

Standard Notes is a simple and private notes app. It allows you to write and sync your notes across all your devices, including your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and web browser. Private means your notes are end-to-end encrypted, so only you can read your notes. Even we can't read the contents of your notes. Simple means it does one job and does it well. Standard Notes is a safe and lasting place for your life's work.

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted
Apps with End-to-End Encryption Encrypted Notes MarkDown support Privacy focused ... AES encryption Cloud sync Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Encryption Security focused Clean design Ad-free Client side encryption Customizable Encrypted backups Extensions Native application Tag based Android Sync Built-in code editor Content Filtering Crossplatform Decentralized Sync with Dropbox E2e encryption Easy to use Apps with End-to-End Encryption Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Fuse-api Google Drive integration Local Storage Mobile friendly Nested Folders Nested tags Notetaking Works Offline Password encryption Plain text authoring Privacy Protected Real-time sync Revision History Rich text editing Search by tags Sync between devices Table creation Vim key mapping Add a feature

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CherryTree

A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single xml or sqlite file.

Free Open Source Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Hierarchical structure Infinite hierarchical depth Tree structure Support for Android Things ... Code formatting Customizable Data portability Encryption Export to HTML Folder Tree Integrated Search MarkDown support Multiple languages Notetaking Password encryption Portable Rich text editing Export to PDF Syntax Highlighting Tablet support Tree-style Tree view Add a feature

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NoteLedge

NoteLedge provides a workspace for collecting information from multiple sources, connecting thoughts, and quickly tracing references. Organize notes, annotations, and excerpts from PDF documents and web pages all in one place. This digital notepad provides powerful multimedia and creative tools for creating interactive notes and presenting works straight from a smart device. This is an essential app for project planning, creative thinking, writing research papers, and documentation.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Android Tablet iPad
Audio Recording Drag n drop Handwritten Notes Web clipper ... Apple Pencil support Better formatting Cloud sync Live screen recording Multi-choice brushes Notetaking Portable Export to PDF Slideshow mode Stickers Sync on many devices Tag based Texture for brushes Trace references Video import Add a feature

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Tomboy

Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux, Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day. FEATURES - Highlighting text - Spell checking - Auto-linking web & email addresses - Font styling & sizing - Bulleted lists - Note synchronization across several computers - Backup and Recovery

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Automatic link generation Local Storage Notetaking Symbolic links Add a feature

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Notezilla

Take quick notes on Post-It(r) like sticky notes on Windows desktop, stick those notes to websites, documents & folders. Set reminder alarm to each sticky note. To avoid desktop clutter, you can organize those sticky notes inside folders. Send sticky notes to another computer over local network (LAN) or Internet, Sync sticky notes between computers using the Notezilla.

Commercial Windows Web Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Android Sync Auto-saving Checklists Clean design ... Cloud sync Compatible with touchscreen Drag n drop Encrypted Notes Goal Tracking Import from Google Reader Hierarchical structure Sync with iCloud iPhone/iPod sync Kanban boards Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Lightweight List management Notetaking Works Offline Optimized for Windows Password encryption Protected by Password Periodic reminders Photo notes Real time collaboration Recurring tasks Search by tags Share notes Skinnable Sync across Devices Sync between devices Sync on many devices Sits in the System Tray Tag based Task assignments Task Management Text formatting Timer for tasks Add a feature

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QOwnNotes

QOwnNotes is the open source plain-text notepad with markdown support and todo-list manager for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, that works together with the notes application of ownCloud. So you are able to write down your thoughts with QOwnNotes and edit or search for them later from your mobile device (like with CloudNotes) or the ownCloud web-service. The notes are stored as plain text files and are synced with ownCloud's file sync functionality.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Qt
Configurable Hostable iCal integration Incremental search ... MarkDown support Nextcloud integration Notetaking Owncloud integration Tag based Add a feature

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NixNote

NixNote, formerly Nevernote, is an open source client for Evernote . It is written in Java so it will also run on Windows & OS-X, but the primary focus has been to try and get a usable environment for Linux. Features Synchronizes with Evernote servers Local data caching Cross platform Local-only and synchronized notebooks supported Database may be encrypted locally

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Java Notetaking Add a feature

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ResophNotes

Quick Notes on Windows Features •Simple and fast notes on Windows •Sync online with Simplenote •Support proxy (require HTTPS protocol) •Optional Proxy username and password •Access notes on iPhone and iPad through Simplenote app •Portable version suitable for flash drive •Support relative path from ResophNotes.exe (no modification on host computer)
- Just as lightweight as nvALT, supports saving notes to simple .txt files. Guest • Jul 2019
- Lightweight, fast, and can selectively use either Simplenote, local database or plaintext file storage for storing notes. Guest • Sep 2018
- Similar search and markdown capabilities. Supports SimpleNote and saving notes as individual .txt files. My main downside is that [[x]] search links are not supported. Guest • Jun 2018
Free Windows
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Lightweight MarkDown support Notetaking ... Plain text authoring Portable Progressive search Proxy support Save as txt Simple text editor Sync with Simplenote Add a feature

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Inkdrop

Inkdrop enables hackers to keep track of their daily progress when it comes to hacking in one convenient spot without having to rely on traditional word processors. Inkdrop features support for #Markdown with the ability to do code syntax highlighting as well as built-in syncing capabilities. Users can organize their progress in a clean, uniform way that's focused on ensuring that the information is easy to work through and can be read uniformly.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone
MarkDown support Cloud sync Apps with End-to-End Encryption Colored tags ... Encrypted Notes Encryption Flow diagram visualisation Folder Hierarchy Latex Math Notetaking REST API Sequence Diagrams Share notes Support for Themes Add a feature

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WizNote

WizNote is a Note software, which is especially designed for Internet users and mobile Internet users. WizNote focuses more on notes of rapid collection, management, reading and sharing. WizNote is smaller, more stable, and more suitable for computers, phones and mobile devices. It has a more abundant notes organization and rapid fulltext retrieval. Using associated online service, you can synchronise the notes between your computer and your cell phone.

Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Windows S Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad
Audio Recording Calendar integration Cloud sync Google Calendar integration ... Apps that Sync with Google Calendar Handwritten Notes MarkDown support Notetaking Works Offline Portable Save web page for offline use Screenshot Tools Calendar Sync Add a feature

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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.

Free Windows
Lightweight Notetaking Add a feature

15 Like
Umbrella Note

A simple, beautiful and powerful application for writing and taking notes. Our goal with Umbrella Note has been to build a beautiful and extremely simple application for taking notes and keeping journals.

Free Open Source Windows Linux
Sync with Dropbox Sync with Google Drive Night mode/Dark Theme Works Offline ... Sync with Onedrive Cloud sync Night mode/Dark Theme Notetaking Add a feature

9 Like
myBase

myBase is a unique free-form database software that allows entry of unstructured text, webpages, images, documents, emails and even arbitrary files without regard to length or format. All information is automatically compressed and stored in the tree structured outline form.

Freemium Mac Windows Linux Firefox
Email Archiving Knowledge base Knowledge Base structuring Notetaking ... Outlook integration Tree view Add a feature

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nvPY

nvPY is a note-taking tool inspired by Notational Velocity, nvALT and ResophNotes. It syncs with simplenote, and runs on Linux, Windows and OSX.
- Feature for feature compatability; works natively on linux Guest • Jun 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Notetaking Sync with Simplenote Add a feature

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Indigrid

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. Indigrid lets you list and group pieces of text in a hierarchical tree structure: so that you can organize big networks of ideas and navigate them—because the emphasis is on manipulating the ideas, instead of designing a document. It is like a text editor for mind mapping, with more emphasis on text editing and no graphics.

Free Windows
Lightweight Portable Full text search Works Offline ... Side-by-Side View Tree structure Add a feature

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Synology Note Station

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. Synology Note Station is a free add-on package for your Synology NAS server device. It provides a central, self-hosted notes server, with optional remote access from the internet. Notes can be accessed from the web interface or the free apps for iOS and Android, which provide local caching and off-line access.

Free Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... iPad Self-Hosted
Notetaking Sync between devices Text formatting Add a feature

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Knowte

Knowte is a note taking application that allows you to quickly and easily write and organize your notes. What makes it especially useful, is the search feature. You remember you wrote something down but can’t find the note? Search for specific words, and Knowte will dynamically filter your list of notes to only show those containing those words.

Free Open Source Windows
Customizable Works Offline Portable Add a feature

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Cylix

Cylix is your digital organizer software. It is set to help centralize, save, manage and access formal and informal content. Launched on Mac, Windows and Linux, it offers a cross-platform solution for knowledge management. It comes to address a growing concern regarding rising fees for applications which were previously free, companies harvesting user data and weak security features.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Encryption Notetaking Portable Add a feature

6 Like
KeepNote

KeepNote: note-taking and organization. KeepNote is a note taking application that works on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X. With KeepNote, you can store your class notes, TODO lists, research notes, journal entries, paper outlines, etc in a simple notebook hierarchy with rich-text formatting, images, and more. Using full-text search, you can retrieve any note for later reference.
- Discontinued No new releases since March 2012, but last version, 0.7.8, is still working and can be downloaded from the official website.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Backup Notetaking Portable Add a feature

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RunaBook

What is RunaBook? Simple, small, useful product for making notes, knowledge bases, and organize daily routine.

Free Mac Windows Linux
Ad-free Encrypted Notes Hierarchical structure Integrated Search ... Knowledge base Works Offline Protected by Password Portable Search by tags Add a feature

11 Like
Notejoy

Notejoy is a collaborative notes app for you and your team. It helps you get your most important work out of the noise of email & chat and into a fast and focused workspace. Bring your notes with you everywhere you work: applications are available across web, desktop, and mobile devices, and Notejoy is also integrated with G Suite, Microsoft Office, Slack, and more.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Web iPhone iPad
Slack integration Cloud sync Embedded media Google Drive integration ... Lightweight Mobile apps Mobile friendly Distraction-free UI Notetaking Real time collaboration Team Collaboration Trello integration Add a feature

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