Take simple text notes. You can put them into folders to create your own quick, easy and robust file structure.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Android



VSNotes has been discontinued. Similar apps include Zim, which is free and open source. Other options are CherryTree, Trilium Notes, TagSpaces and HelixNotes. You're spoiled for choice with Note-taking Tools like VSNotes: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and the web.
Take simple text notes. You can put them into folders to create your own quick, easy and robust file structure.



Notebook is a personal notebook application. Its for storing notes, to-do lists, daily logs, things you want to remember, neat ideas you might do something with some day, cute things your children said, bad jokes--all the kinds of things you would write down now if only you had...

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Jarnal is an open-source application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal, making a presentation, annotating a document - including pdf - or collaborating using a stylus, mouse or keyboard. It is similar to Microsoft .

MixNote is a mobile note taking app, like a memo pad or notepad. Take note of every deserved thing, with text, ToDo, voice and picture.




Vimwiki is a personal wiki for Vim -- a number of linked text files that have their own syntax highlighting.





Quickly filter and search for notes using categories based on hash tags. Additional full text search allows to find notes, even without tagging and never lose an idea again.




Dashword is by far the most convenient and user-friendly tool for creating any semantic network, be it your business idea, an abstract of a lecture on computer science, a script for a movie or a recipe for your favorite dish.







Bike is a macOS (11 and later) native outliner. Bike has good performance on big outlines. Bike uses open file formats and is scriptable too. Use Bike to record and process your ideas.

