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This is a command-line tool built in Python 3 for managing notes in flat-file format. It targets developers who prefer working from the terminal and storing notes as plain text files. The app offers a lightweight… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A command-line flat-file note management app in Python 3 launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Native (Mac & iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files

    2020 · noteplan.co · its alternatives →

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    A command line simple note taking app. Contribute to wsw70/note development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    After having cycled through various CLI-based todo apps, I started to realise that I actually don’t need a tool at all for managing my todos. Most of the time, my use cases are quite simple, like viewing my todo items, checking them off, or adding a new one. Rather than having to memorise CLI commands for these interactions (which I’m not super good at), I figured that it’s easier for me to use my text editor directly, and have an editor plugin help me with the visual structure and some convenience functionality. So, kind-of similar to Emacs Org Mode, but without having to use Emacs. I…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Take notes everywhere

    2023 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →

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    🌱 Private, quiet space for thinking. Simple app for .md files. - zakirullin/files.md

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Daily notes command line tool. Contribute to tomlockwood/dn development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    NotePlan brings your project notes and tasks together with Apple Calendar and Reminders. Plan today without losing track of everything else you’re running.

    2020 · noteplan.co · its alternatives →

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    Hey there! I just released the first version of a project I’ve been working on solves a very specific problem that perhaps only I have. I welcome any and all feedback, even if you just want to drop in to say that this is a hot piece of garbage!

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes - TriliumNext/Trilium

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script. - xwmx/nb

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I launched NumPad v1 on here a few years ago, and back then it wasn't much more than a thin CodeMirror wrapper around the calculator engine I'd written. Now I've rewritten it as a PWA that supports multiple documents, persists them to IndexedDB, and has a syncing service for paying customers. Syncing is handled by Automerge[1] under the hood, which should make it relatively easy to get document sharing working too. [1] https://automerge.org/

    2022 · numpad.io · its alternatives →

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    Terminal-based, hyper-fast, CRDT-backed, collaborative note-taking tool - Sambigeara/fuzzynote

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! This is my pet project, written from scratch because there is so much to discover and learn in the process. The focus is on simplicity and incremental updates. Progress is slow because I do not have much spare time to work on this, but I would love to hear some feedback. Regards

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    FSNotes▲101

    File system notes manager

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    note.md▲280

    your notes and research documentation now a local LLM Memory

    Jun 2026 · notemd.org · its alternatives →

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    SideNotes▲311

    A beautiful note taking app with superpowers. It shows and hides on the side of your monitor to manage your notes distraction-free. Keep your notes organised, personalised and always at your fingertips. Markdown, tasks, pictures, colors, folders included.

    2025 · apptorium.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple and private notes app.

    2017 · standardnotes.com · its alternatives →

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    Welcome to the Collate Blog! As our first blog post, let’s kick things off with the...

    2017 · collatenotes.com · its alternatives →

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    Noteship is a note taking app for Mac that combines notes, todos, and reminders and is based on simple files and folders.

    2021 · noteship.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello, Motivated by this discussion https://goo.gl/te4BFv, I have created a simple (free and open-source) command line note organizer. The tool, called npmnotes, take a folder with notes (written in markdown/texdown) and creates a webpage that lets you search and browse through the notes. You can then publish this webpage or use it locally. The result (built with npmnotes) looks something like this https://npmnotes.org. Currently, this is just a (working) prototype and I plan to add more features soon (based on the feedback I get). What do you think of it?

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Livenotes▲252

    Real-time note-taking application for revenue teams

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    n.py − very simple note taking cli tool

    2021 · git.bitmycode.com · its alternatives →

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