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24 alternatives to Zenkan
Zenkan is a personal note-taking app with a 3-level nested board system. You can drag, resize, and arrange your notes and tasks in a flexible canvas with Markdown support (H1/2/3 titles, center text, code blocks, etc) for rich text formatting. I created this app because I found myself a bit overwhelmed with Notion's complex and rigid databases (especially their kanban view), while also thinking that Google Keep was not structured enough for my needs. Zenkan is a bit in the middle, I tried my best to add a nice drag-and-drop feel to it (also some satisfying sounds) while enforcing a…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I'm a consummate note-taker and have used tools like Evernote, Obsidian, Notion for years. However, I recently begun moving towards a command line workflow using helix etc for my coding, and wanted to port my notes over to this workflow. zenkat is a project that aims to give back some of the 'superpowers' that note-taking apps give you, like tags, knowledge graphs, and so on, while being FOSS (GPLv3). Super happy to hear your feedback as it helps me improve the project, or to take pull requests.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The perfect multi-project management tool, whether you use Agile, traditional, or both methodologies! Project success begins here.
2016 · zenkit.com · its alternatives →
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Smarkup Notes▲191Extremely simple, productivity-focused, collaboration notes
2022 · smarkup.com · its alternatives →
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ZenJournal is a minimalist private journaling app for quick logging, search, and discreet writing. Open, type, done. No prompts, titles, or reminders.
2021 · thezenjournal.com · its alternatives →
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Notebook for Web▲224The beautifully simple note-taking app. Now on the Web.
2017 · zoho.com · its alternatives →
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Zenaton▲435Zapier for Developers: Control flows within Apps 10x faster
2019 · gillesbarbier.dev · its alternatives →
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Look, every journaling app out there wants you to organize things into folders and tags and templates. I just wanted to write something down every day. So I built this. One note per day. That's the whole deal. - Can't edit yesterday. What's done is done. Keeps you from fussing over old entries instead of writing today's. - Year view with dots showing which days you actually wrote. It's a streak chart. Works better than it should. - No signup required. Opens right up, stores everything locally in your browser. Optional cloud sync if you want it - E2E encrypted with AES-GCM, zero-knowledge,…
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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Notebook for Mac▲341The beautifully simple note-taking app from Zoho. Now on Mac
2017 · zoho.com · its alternatives →
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Zenkit 3.0▲174Flexible project management you can share with the world
2019 · zenkit.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN – we first launched Supernotes[1] to HN in April 2020, and since then Tobias and I (it's just the two of us) have put in the work to make what we hope is an amazing note-taking app. Although the note-taking / personal knowledge management landscape is incredibly competitive at the moment (with lots of great apps adding great new features every day), we think that with the newly released Supernotes 2 we're keeping pace and delivering a unique and satisfying knowledge management experience. Here's the combination of features that make us stand out: - a powerful markdown-based…
2022 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →
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Zennbox▲255Save & organize your resources. Take notes with AI
2025 · zennbox.app · its alternatives →
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Noteux is a beautifully designed note-taking app that helps you quickly capture and organize your thoughts. Experience a clean UI and UX for productivity.
2025 · noteux.com · its alternatives →
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Notilus▲128A super simple note app inspired by Apple Notes
Oct 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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