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, iPhone and Web-based 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. 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

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  2. 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
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

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

    Notes (PFA) VS Zim

     
  4. MyNotex icon

    MyNotex

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    MyNotex is a free software for Gnu/Linux useful to take and to manage textual notes, also a large number of them. Notes are gathered under different subjects and are made by a title, a date, a tags (keywords) list and a free-length text.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    MyNotex screenshot 1

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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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    Tiddly Research

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    Local and Anki-compatible note-taking tool based on TiddlyWiki.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Discontinued

    This repository has been archived by the owner on Oct 11, 2022. It is now read-only.

    Tiddly Research Features

    1.  Knowledge Management
    2.  Wiki
    3.  Backlink
    4.  Srs

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    Firedraft

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    Firedraft is a self-hosted privacy focused note-taking and knowledge management app.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    Firedraft screenshot 1

    Firedraft Features

    1.  Knowledge base
    2.  Knowledge Management
    3.  Note organization
    4.  Knowledge Base structuring
    5.  Notebook
    6.  List management
    7.  Outliner

    Firedraft VS Zim

     
  8. Tot icon

    Tot

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

    280 Tot alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Tot screenshot 1

    Tot Features

    1.  Note organization
    2.  Notebook

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  10. Many Notes icon

    Many Notes

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    Many Notes is a markdown note-taking app designed for simplicity! Easily create or import your vaults and organize your thoughts right away.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Many Notes screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  Tree view

    Many Notes VS Zim

     
  11. vim-pad icon

    vim-pad

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    a quick notetaking plugin. Contribute to fmoralesc/vim-pad development by creating an account on GitHub.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    vim-pad screenshot 1

    vim-pad Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    vim-pad VS Zim

     
  12. Growly Notes icon

    Growly Notes

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    Growly Notes is a note-taking app somewhat like Microsoft OneNote . Gather text, images, links and anything else you can think of in free-form pages organized into sections.

    67 Growly Notes alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Growly Notes Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Full-Text Search
    5.  Web Clipper
    6.  Includes images in notes

    Growly Notes VS Zim

     
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