Terminal Velocity AlternativesNote-taking Tools and other similar apps like Terminal Velocity

Terminal Velocity is described as 'Fast, cross-platform (pip installable) note-taking application for the UNIX terminal, it’s a clone of the OS X app Notational Velocity that runs in a terminal and uses your $EDITOR' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are eight alternatives to Terminal Velocity for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Terminal Velocity alternative is Zim, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Terminal Velocity are Trilium Notes, Tomboy, Notational Velocity and Quiver.

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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"...

    313 Zim alternatives

    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 Terminal Velocity.

    • Zim is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Terminal Velocity.

    • Zim is Free and Open SourceTerminal Velocity is also Free and Open Source
    • Zim is Lightweight and Privacy focusedTerminal Velocity is not according to our users
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    Trilium Notes

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    The original trilium is transfered to this repo by its owner and the app continues to develop here as stated here: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium

    367 Trilium Notes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Trilium Notes is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Terminal Velocity.

    • Trilium Notes is Free and Open SourceTerminal Velocity is also Free and Open Source
    • Trilium Notes is Privacy focused, Lightweight and CustomizableTerminal Velocity is not according to our users
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    Tomboy

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    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.

    224 Tomboy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Quiver

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    Quiver is a notebook built for programmers. It lets you easily mix text, code and Markdown within one note, edit code with an awesome code editor, live preview Markdown and LaTeX cells, and find any note instantly via the full-text search.

    239 Quiver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Quiver is the most popular commercial alternative to Terminal Velocity.

    • Quiver is Paid and ProprietaryTerminal Velocity is Free and Open Source
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    Hyperdraft

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    Turn your notes into a website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • RemoteStorage
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    • Hyperdraft is the most popular Web-based alternative to Terminal Velocity.

    • Hyperdraft is Free and Open SourceTerminal Velocity is also Free and Open Source
    • Hyperdraft is Privacy focused and LightweightTerminal Velocity is not according to our users
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    nvPY

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    nvPY is a note-taking tool inspired by Notational Velocity, nvALT and ResophNotes. It syncs with simplenote, and runs on Linux, Windows and OSX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    vim-pad

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    a quick notetaking plugin. Contribute to fmoralesc/vim-pad development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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