Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE Plasma


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.


MyInfo is a personal information manager for Windows. It will help you capture, organize, edit and share ideas, documents, tasks, and web pages.

Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions), Windows and other GTK+/Gnome platforms.

MyTetra is open source and cross platform personal manager for information accumulation. It is powerful program for data memorization and structuring notes.

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.




RightNote will help you get a grip on information overload. It is designed to be easy to use for the new-comer, but also provide advanced features once your notes start to accumulate. RightNote can store text notes, source code, spreadsheets and webpages.




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.








Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.


Collect your thoughts, think, write, brainstorm, and create the perfectly looking notes with this powerful, all-purpose, productivity tool.




Tot is an elegant, simple way to collect & edit text across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It’s your tiny text companion!



