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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    Pystickynote

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    Stickynotes for your desktop easily from the command line! Built using PySimpleGUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  2. sChecklist icon

    sChecklist

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    Simple checklist app. Just rows of text entries and a checkbox for each. No B.S., i.e., no categories, no sub-tasks, no time tracking, and no other crazy wizzbang features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Memo - Sticky Notes icon

    Memo - Sticky Notes

     1 like

    Memo is a simple and elegant app for quickly jotting down notes on your Mac. Memos are like sticky notes on your computer screen (minus the residue). Pop open a new memo in less than a second and use it to jot down phone numbers, messages, meeting notes, or write down ideas...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Zoho Notebook

    Web-based tool for integrating text, images, audio, and video with syncing across devices, real-time collaboration, handwriting input, AI-powered summaries, checklists, scanning, reminders, search in handwritten notes, and advanc...

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    DashNote

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    Quickly and easily access your Simplenote account from your OS X dashboard. Stay organized with no effort. Let your notes automatically sync between multiple devices.

    255 DashNote alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Unit icon

    Unit

     2 likes

    Unit is a modern note-taking app that provides a completely new experience of creating, organizing and managing all your notes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Ballistic icon

    Ballistic

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    Designed for software developers, Ballistic helps you organize your thoughts, information, notes and code snippets, so you never have to step outside of your dev workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. X

    x-whnb

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    Hierarchical notebook (inspired by Cherrytree), done in portable HTML (JS, CSS & images are embedded) User data is embeded in document too.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
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  11. Yana icon

    Yana

     1 like

    Yana is a powerful notebook app which allows you to manage local workspaces of hierarchically structured taggable and searchable notes. It supports multiple kinds of notes, currently rich-text notes (including embedded media and complex tables) and code snippets (based on the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Hypernotes

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    Hypernotes is a way to store ideas in the same way that you think them. Notes can be created with images and text, organized in a tree structure and connected with internal hyperlinks. Written in Java, so it works wherever you go. (Requires Java 1.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. Helpie Knowledge Base Wiki Plugin icon

    Helpie Knowledge Base Wiki Plugin

     6 likes

    The Most Advanced WordPress Knowledge Base Plugin Build a WordPress Knowledge Base with access control, frontend editing, and many more power-packed | Helpie Knowledge Base Plugin

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
    Helpie Content Control
     
  14. KNote icon

    KNote

     2 likes

    KNote is an easy to use wiki-like note taking program with built in file management and blogging capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Sticky Notes

     3 likes

    Sticky Notes is a simple sticky notes app for GNOME. It allows you to create notes and format them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
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