Alternatives

Products that do what jot — a terminal notebook does

for thoughts you’re embarrassed to open Notion for.

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Jot▲120
An essential app for quickly collecting thoughts and ideas
2021
2
Jot▲235
The no-fuss way to take notes
2018
3
Just Open & Type (JOT)▲339
A fast journal app for those spontaneous thoughts and ideas
2017
4
Jot▲115
Simplest notes app for the Mac Menu Bar the world has seen.
2020
5
Jot▲100
Jot is the fastest app for notes & sketches
2020
6
Jot▲187
Ever write yourself notes and/or emails? Enter Jot
2014
7
jotnoted.▲170
Minimalistic notes with sketches editor
2024
8
Jot & Paste▲85
Keyboard-oriented desktop app for fast note-taking and paste
2022
9
Jott▲152
Fast, local, linked notes
2020
10
Type▲229
Take notes without interrupting your flow
2023
11
Jottit▲73
Organiser for your lists, notes and sketches
2019
12
Textpad▲200
Simple online notepad, no fancy stuff. Just write.
2016
13
Dino▲89
A new way to jot down your thoughts
2021
14
Lazy for Notion▲247
One ⌘ shortcut to capture anything straight to Notion
Oct 2025
15
Taskbook▲229
Like Trello but for the Terminal
2019
16
Jotdown▲141
Slack for social
2018
17
Manifest▲248
A simple grid-based pinboard for note taking.
2020
18
Paragraphs▲272
A minimalist writing app for Mac
2015
19
Stashpad▲178
Jot it down, organize later
2022
20
jotlog▲117
Fast, privacy focused and always offline notes
2023
21
GitSheet▲319
A dead simple Git cheat sheet.
2019
22NM
Note, my simple command-line note taking app▲81
2021 · github.com
23
Shell Notebook▲193
MacOS Terminal, reimagined
2020
24
Simply Write▲154
Distraction-free writing tool
2025

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