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24 alternatives to notesbash – A notes management TUI written in bash

Hello everybody! We (lukeflo and me) have made a little notes management tui written in bash based on fff by Dylan Araps, which we've improved a lot to make it a notes management tui. It uses your editor of choice to edit and create notes, you can fuzzy search your notes and search them by tags you give them by writing them in the markdown yaml or emacs org header. All in all it turned out to be a surprisingly good project that we now want to refine after just releasing v1.0, so any feedback, suggestions or criticism is very welcome!

Notesbash is a terminal-based notes management application written in bash. It lets users create and edit notes using their preferred text editor, then organize and retrieve them through fuzzy search and tag filtering… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. notesbash – A notes management TUI written in bash launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Thank you for your comments, just some context: - The app is available for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and the Web. - The Web version is implemented as a Progressive Web Application that is very responsive, local first, offline first, can be installed, and is entirely free to use. - Native (hybrid) versions do not require subscription fees and have small one-time payment. - You can store your notes in Git using any Git provider such as GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. However, it has the best built-in integration with GitHub. Self-hosted scenarios like Gitea are also…

    2024 · about.noteshub.app · 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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    ⚡Rapid note management for the terminal. Contribute to shashwatah/jot development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · 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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    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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    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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    Fully cross-platform, markdown based note-taking app

    2021 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →

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    Fully cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

    2024 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →

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    Notepin▲349

    Extremely simple note-taking

    2017 · notepin.co · its alternatives →

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    Fully cross-platform, markdown-based note-taking app

    2023 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →

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    MinkNote▲157

    Private macOS notes app built on plain Markdown files. No databases, no lock-in. Native, keyboard-first, and designed for knowledge organization.

    Jul 2026 · muse23.com · its alternatives →

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    VNote▲78

    A Vim-inspired note-taking application with Markdown

    2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Markdown based note-taking app with git sync & kanban boards

    2023 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →

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    FSNotes 5▲142

    Notes manager and text editor for MacOS

    2021 · fsnot.es · its alternatives →

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    Revolutionary approach to users privacy

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    NoteTabs▲129

    Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore

    Jan 2026 · notetabs.azurewebsites.net · its alternatives →

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    Jot down & auto-save quick notes, in Markdown or plain text

    2019 · quickjots.app · its alternatives →

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    Write notes without leaving your work

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    FSNotes▲101

    File system notes manager

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open source webapp to store notes to in github repository

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    I recently released version 1.4 of Notepad.exe, my editor built for macOS. The goal of the app is to let you prototype ideas in Swift or Python with minimal setup - write code, hit Run, skip project scaffolding. This release adds support for a Linux runtime/subsystem, so you can write on macOS and execute snippets in a Linux environment. I’d love to hear any feedback or answer any questions: would a tool like this fit your workflow? What friction remains?

    2025 · notepadexe.com · its alternatives →

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    Your ideas, organized - not uploaded

    Jul 2026 · browsernotes.xyz · its alternatives →

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    :pencil: Simple delightful note taking, with more unix and less lock-in. - pimterry/notes

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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