Tomboy Alternatives

Tomboy is described as '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' and is a very popular Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Tomboy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Web-based apps. The best Tomboy alternative is Notesnook, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tomboy are Zim, TiddlyWiki, Trilium Notes and CherryTree.

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  1. Mac Stickies icon
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    Stickies is an application for Apple Macintosh computers that puts Post-it note-like windows on the screen for the user to write short reminders, notes and other clippings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Xpad icon
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    Xpad is a sticky note application for jotting down things to remember.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Fuzzynote icon
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    Terminal-based, hyper-fast, CRDT-backed, collaborative note-taking tool Simple, powerful, extremely fast search. fzn is local-first; remote-second. It acts on local in-memory data, meaning no expensive I/O and native speeds.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. NoteAway icon
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    NoteAway is the simplest, most convenient way to take quick notes on OS X. NoteAway has lots of powerful features for free, like iCloud syncing, rich text, attachments, simple import/export, and a variety of customizable options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. SideWriter icon
     3 likes

    If you often need to quickly jot something down, SideWriter is there with a flick of the wrist.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. StyncyNotes icon
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    Sticky Notes app for Android that understands the Linux Mint Sticky Note file for Sticky Notes + SyncThing = StyncyNotes

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  7. showNote icon
     1 like

    The main purpose is not to store the notes, but to create a way to easily hand the note as a piece of paper. Ideal scenarios of use: you want to remain silent, you want to be discreet, you can't talk, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. medit icon
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    medit is a programming and around-programming text editor.

    Started originally as a simple built-in editor component in GGAP, it grew up to a real text editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  9. NotesHolder icon
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    NotesHolder lets you quickly type in any piece of information so that you can easily find it when you need, read it or print it out for your convenience. This is the most effective way to store all your notes without cluttering up your desk with post it notes / sticky notes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. xfce4-notes icon
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    The notes plugin provides you a quick way to paste text, to write down a list of things, to leave a note to your friend, or whatever you had do with Post-It’s.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
     
  11. Permanote icon
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    permanote - A note-taking application for Sandstorm

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sandstorm.io
     
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