Zim Alternatives

Zim is described as '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"' and is a leading Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Zim for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Zim alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like Zim are Joplin, Anytype, Notion and CherryTree.

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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...

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Zim alternatives page was last updated Apr 21, 2025
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  1. Telekasten icon

    Telekasten

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    A Neovim (lua) plugin for working with a markdown zettelkasten / wiki and mixing it with a journal, based on telescope.nvim.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Telekasten screenshot 1

    Telekasten VS Zim

     
  2. TakeNote icon

    TakeNote

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    TakeNote was made by developers for developers - a simple, plain-text note-taking app for the web with Markdown support. What you see is what you paste. No WYSIWIG, no formatting pasted from the web, and no features you don't need or want.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    TakeNote screenshot 1

    TakeNote Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Note organization
    3. GitHub icon  GitHub Integration
    4.  Notebook

    TakeNote VS Zim

     
  4. Notes Foss icon

    Notes Foss

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    Notes is an open source and cross-platform note-taking app that is both beautiful and powerful.

    61 Notes Foss alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Notes Foss screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Kanban Board
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Support for MarkDown
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Tag based
    9.  Note organization
    10.  Tagging
    11.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

    Notes Foss VS Zim

     
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    Notion

    Enhance team collaboration and content organization with Notion. Experience real-time access, intuitive drag-and-drop functionalities, and visually simple interfaces designed for productivity in managing tasks, notes, and databas...

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    Webtrotion

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    Webtrotion is a highly configurable and easy-to-install website builder, crafted with the Astro framework and Notion. Use it to effortlessly create a blog or website.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Webtrotion screenshot 1

    Webtrotion Features

    1. GitHub icon  GitHub Integration

    Webtrotion VS Zim

     
  7. OrgPad icon

    OrgPad

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    Do you like to spend time figuring out how to use that overcomplicated tool? No? We don't like it too. We focus on minimalistic design. We do the heavy lifting for you. One example: we spend three days choosing colors that look great so you don't have to.

    41 OrgPad alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Create rich documents.

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Non linear presentation

    OrgPad VS Zim

     
  8. Safe Notes icon

    Safe Notes

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    Safe Notes is a security project aimed at providing an encrypted, private note manager that works locally and protects notes from various threat actors.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Safe Notes screenshot 1
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    Safe Notes screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Decentralized
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  End-to-End Encryption
    7.  No Tracking

    Safe Notes VS Zim

     
  10. Notes (PFA) icon

    Notes (PFA)

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    Privacy Friendly Notes allows you to take and manage notes on Android devices. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • F-Droid
    • Android
    Notes (PFA) screenshot 1
    Notes (PFA) screenshot 2
    Notes (PFA) screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Checklists
    5.  Sketching

    Notes (PFA) VS Zim

     
  11. Perpetual Notes icon

    Perpetual Notes

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    Write beautifully. Organize easily. Find everything. Fuss free writing. Saves notes as RTF files on user specified folder. Can search across all notes. No sign up/log in required. Portable application.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Perpetual Notes main window

    Perpetual Notes Features

    1.  Spell Checking
    2.  Web Clipper
    3.  Note Manager
    4.  Rich text editing
    5.  RTL support
    6.  Integrated Search
    7.  Encrypted Notes
    8.  Text formatting
    9.  Meeting notes

    Perpetual Notes VS Zim

     
  12. TreePad icon

    TreePad

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    A free and lightweight outliner, only 465KB in size. It allows you to store all your notes, emails, texts, hyperlinks, etc. into one or multiple plain-text databases. With the look and feel of the familiar Windows Explorer, editing, storing, browsing, searching, and retrieving...

    77 TreePad alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Raspberry Pi
    Main Window
    Discontinued

    The treepad website is no longer available. You can still find the program at https://web.archive.org/web/20190720190155/http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Hierarchical Structure
    3.  Portable
    4.  Outliner
    5.  Tree structure

    TreePad VS Zim

     
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