Mac OS X Softwares to Note-taking

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Wiki on a Stick

Wiki on a Stick

Open Source

Wiki on a Stick is a highly portable, standalone personal wiki designed to run directly from a single self-modifying XHTML file. Ideal for managing notes, knowledge bases, and outlines on the go without requiring installation.

Extremely portable, runs from a single file.
Encrypted Notes
Education & Reference Office & Productivity
Pmwiki

Pmwiki

Open Source

PmWiki is a powerful and flexible open-source wiki-based content management system designed for collaborative documentation, knowledge sharing, and website creation. It focuses on ease of use and extensibility.

Easy to use wiki markup and linking.
Collaborative
Education & Reference Office & Productivity
Elephant

Elephant

Open Source

Elephant is a portable, privacy-focused note-taking application featuring a classic, intuitive interface. It supports robust note organization, rich text formatting, markdown, and offline access. With capabilities like image insertion and secure cloud synchronization, Elephant is designed for users needing a reliable and versatile digital notebook.

Strong emphasis on privacy and security with encryption and password protection.
MarkDown support
Office & Productivity
MacJournal

MacJournal

Commercial

MacJournal is a powerful and versatile journaling and blogging application for macOS. It allows users to capture thoughts, ideas, and memories with support for various media types and offers robust organization and sharing features.

Excellent multimedia integration (photos, video, audio).
Journal
Education & Reference Office & Productivity
Curio

Curio

Commercial

Curio is a creative and visual note-taking and brainstorming application designed for macOS. It offers a freeform workspace, allowing users to combine various media types like text, images, sketches, and even audio recordings on a single canvas. Ideal for capturing ideas, planning projects, and organizing information in a flexible and intuitive manner.

Highly flexible freeform canvas for visual organization.
Freeform notes
Office & Productivity
Magpie

Magpie

Open Source

Magpie was a note-taking application designed as an alternative to Evernote, leveraging Git for version control and synchronization. It focused on providing a robust, offline-first experience with privacy in mind.

Robust version control via Git integration
Notetaking
Office & Productivity
Memotoo

Memotoo

Commercial

Memotoo is a comprehensive online service designed to centralize and synchronize all your personal information, including contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, and bookmarks. It acts as a hub to connect various online services and devices, ensuring your data is consistent and accessible from anywhere.

Synchronizes a wide range of personal data types (contacts, calendar, tasks, not...
Drag n drop
Backup & Sync Network & Admin Office & Productivity OS & Utilities Web Browsers
Moo.do

Moo.do

Freemium

Moo.do is a collaborative task management and outlining tool designed to consolidate your work, notes, and tasks into a single, flexible interface.

Consolidates task management, notes, and email in one place.
Collaborative
Business & Commerce Office & Productivity
Nextcloud

Nextcloud

Open Source

Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted platform for file synchronization, sharing, and collaboration. It provides a private alternative to commercial cloud storage services, offering a comprehensive suite of tools including file management, calendar, contacts, and notes, all under your control.

Complete control and ownership of your data through self-hosting.
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Backup & Sync File Management Office & Productivity
Leanote

Leanote

Open Source

Leanote is a versatile self-hosted note-taking application that blends rich text editing with Markdown support. It offers seamless synchronization across multiple devices and features built-in blog publishing capabilities, making it a powerful tool for both personal information management and content creation.

Self-hosting provides excellent data privacy and control.
Full text search
Office & Productivity
OmniOutliner

OmniOutliner

Commercial

OmniOutliner is a powerful commercial outlining and information structuring application designed for macOS. It enables users to organize ideas, tasks, notes, and projects in a flexible, hierarchical format.

Excellent hierarchical structuring capabilities.
Support for OPML import of feeds
Office & Productivity