Questions tagged [note-taking]
Software for taking written notes. Notes can include free-form text, sketches, and lists.
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Are there any recommended note-taking software with the following requirements?
Are there any recommended note-taking software with the following requirements?
Similar to Capacities, taking objects as the basis.
There can be different types of relationships (links) between ...
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Notepad with tree structure?
I am looking for a text editor that lets me create and see the tree structure in a separate side pane like some outliner software such as Treepad.
But I don't need tons of features with fancy ...
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Note taking apps for Android that require least steps to write a note
I need a simple note keeping app
I don't need multiple documents or formatting pr history or any advance feature
It needs to have android app and web app with auto sync between them
Optional: audio ...
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Open-source Google Keep alternatives?
Is there any comparable alternative to Google's Keep?
Features I require:
notes must support including images (via copy and paste) and other files (PDFs) and treat them as attachments/image gallery, ...
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Is there an open source note-taking app that has colored tabs like onenote?
I tried Joplin but it does not have this functionality.
Is there an open source note-taking app that has colored tabs like onenote for Windows or Linux (or both) ?
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Software to transfer files from camscanner on android to PC?
I am writing my notes by hand in paper and scanning them using camscanner to put into my obsidian vault. While, I am aware obsidian sync exists, I don't find it affordable for me to use it and I don't ...
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A stylus app to take notes that can toggle erase mode with a pressed key
I'm looking for an app to take notes, which supports a stylus (e.g. OneNote, Evernote). The required feature is that I can toggle to erase mode by pressing a button.
Currently, I'm using on a PC (...
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Note-taking app with a "forum-like" interface
I've tried many apps for my notes and every one of them has some limitations.
The best experience I've had was using a forum! A simple forum like this: https://obsproject.com/forum/. I just open a new ...
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PIM focused on conversations and goals, with communications protocol compatibility, for Linux or Android?
I need software that can help me keep track of what I said and what people said to me. I need to be able to record conversations, bookmark what people said so I can review, keep notes, draft replies, ...
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An open-source note-taking app that facilitates drawing/handwriting?
I don't know what kind of hardware my device will be yet, but I imagine that it'll be a detachable 2-in-1 that runs Linux. As stated in that link, I plan to get help to add some function(s) into the ...
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What software can I use to make handwritten notes, do handwritten math or science on my macOS10.13?
What software can I use to make handwritten notes, do handwritten math or science on my macOS10.13?
I need a canvas so I can do all my math, like how it is done in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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Two-pane outliner / note-taking application, WYSIWYG, Windows, gratis or open source
I'm looking for an outliner / note-taking application, which is actively supported.
I'd like to find features as:
Two-pane view, with an outline tree and the document
Documents as WYSIWYG, with the ...
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Notes taking app with infinite canvas and ability to move down everything when hit spacebar
I am in search of note taking app for android which have following features:
Infinite canvas
When I hit space bar key at any line to create empty space, it should move below all following images / ...
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Is there any Firefox extension which allow you to add a few lines of description for different websites which get shown when you revisit the website?
I watch & rewatch a lot of youtube tutorials on my desktop. I find the 2-3 line description of each youtube video written by the creator to be inadequate in most cases. I would like add my own 3-4 ...
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An open source software to manage *HTML* notes (create/edit/tag/search/hierarchical sorting...) that support sync between different users
Until now we used zotero. But Zotero has removed the HTML (in version 6). The new editor is really basic (it doesn't even support the font color).
The most famous note taking apps aren't based on HTML ...
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Is there any software to create seamless timeline notes?
I am looking for software or third party plug-in for notion or google docs to create a customized time line notes, At present I am using notion, I am here attaching the reference link: https://bit.ly/...
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Alternative to notion app
How good is the notion as compared to Evernote? Is there any other good alternative for note-taking
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Looking for an older note taking application that worked with tabular entry
I once had a piece of software, that was free and as i recall even open source, that was a revolutionary concept allowing you to enter information as tables. And each cell could then have sub-cells in ...
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Code snippet manager that can run code
I'm searching for a code snippet manager that can also execute a snippet. Additional requirements are listed below.
Each snippet can be tagged with multiple tags.
Search function that outputs ...
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Markdown/Tex notebook
I've found typing up mathematical equations on a dummy mathexchange question, is better than writing them out by hand. You get to type the markup/Tex in a cell, and below the output is rendered in ...
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JavaScript notebook
I want a notebook software for JavaScript or node.js that supports Markdown and running code in itself.
Similar to what Jupyter Notebook does for Python.
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Letting people edit my notes without them having to create an account
I am searching a website where there's a free service with possibility to create notes. I should be able to fully manage my notes and the additional requirements are:
it should be possible to create ...
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Note-taking software with password protection
I'm looking for a note taking app that:
Is web based so I can use it with a browser mostly in both a phone and in a PC
Can search through the note contents or at least the titles or tags
Asks for a ...
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Note taking software that supports two way crosslinks
I'm looking for a software for note taking. Like most such applications it should have the option of creating note pages which have titles, can include pictures, tables etc. It should be easy to use, ...
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Markdown-supporting note taking app with cloud sync between macOS and iOS
I am seeking a note-taking app that must have the following features:
Runs on macOS
Notes are written in Markdown
Notes can be tagged
Notes are synced to either a server managed by the app's company (...
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Evernote with custom properties. Notion with full offline support
I need a desktop RDBMS to conveniently manage a bundle of rich text notes -- CRUD, adding tags, search inside notes, backups, etc. In a way, I need a light, abridged, desktop only version of Evernote ...
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Write a big comparison table
I want to write for myself a very big comparison table for myself. I want to write all the equivalent features (rows) for the programming languages I know (columns). For example, how to iterate over ...
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Todo / Note Taking app that is structured like a mind-map app
I found a site several months ago for a productivity tool that marketed itself as a different way of organizing your...todo stuff (or maybe notes?), using a graph-like interface--with nodes and edges--...
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Seeking a note-taking app with geographic mapping features
I am looking for a note-taking application that includes geographic mapping functionality. I would like to take notes and have the option to associate each note with coordinates or a point on a map. I ...
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Looking for Zettelkasten software meeting certain criteria
Recently, I realised that my heap of notes has grown too big, difficult to handle and includes notes stored in various formats. Looking for ways to escape from what is gradually turning into hurt ...
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Note taking with LaTeX syntax and images
I'm looking for a note-taking app in which I can both (i) write equations with LaTeX syntax, and (ii) paste in images without saving them to a file first.
The first of these can be done with any ...
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What type of software can I use to make a large phylogeny?
I've been trying to make a phylogenetic tree (an evolutionary diagram that uses "branches" to explain how species are related) of most major life on earth and it's getting very large. I'd ...
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Does a sticky note application that sticks to the front of the screen exist?
I need to make use of Sticky Notes app that acts like a traditional post-it notes (and not a program with that name but is like a normal windows program).
However, I discovered all the sticky note ...
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Construct slide deck from screenshots of slides
When attending remote meetings where the interlocutor presents slides, I sometimes would like to take a screenshot of each slide they show and save it as an easily browsable slide deck on my side. ...
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Note taking software with link to PDFs
I need a non-linear note taking, I tried personal wiki, but they seem to be too difficult for me without any basic programming knowledge and issues.
I need a basic, macOS, personal wiki-based ...
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Sticky note app for Android
I'm looking for a simple-to-run, simple-to-use sticky notes application for Android. It should have the following features:
Ability to add, edit and delete notes.
Ability to move notes around ...
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Suggestions for journaling, bullet notes, activity, wiki like application
I am looking for an application for Windows that combines some of my favorite features of different applications; combining a task activity journal / notes, time-tracking, todo lists, a Wiki, and ...
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Linux text editor with support of illustrations, folding, and different fonts?
I need an app suitable to making notes while working on my programming research projects. I want it to have folding (aka collapse and expand) capabilities, because my notes are large (I keep track of ...
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Softphone (SIP client) for Windows with note taking capabilities per number
I am looking for a Windows SIP client/softphone that is capable of saving notes per number and bringing up saved notes whenever said number calls again.
Any ideas?
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Simple laboratory logbook functionality for a small research group, Python or otherwise
We need a basic laboratory electronic logbook function that can be accessed via the internet, possibly even at least viewable on phones.
Currently all we need is user logging of events, attaching of ...
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PDF editor to comment and highlight academic papers with stylus support
I'm having some trouble finding a simple platform for commenting, highlighting, and drawing sketches over academic papers.
Some (soft) feature needs:
Support for touch/stylus on Windows
Some way of ...
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Note taking application for web fragments and with simultaneous saving
Two base functionalities:
1) taking web fragments:
- saving that fragment (fultext-searchable) with formating and included images
- saving meta information (URL, position of fragment in the web page, ...
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Encrypted notepad
Is there a lightweight notepad program that:
saves files encrypted with a password
asks for the password on Open
doesn't ask for the password on Save (since it's already open, no need to re-enter the ...
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What's a good platform to create your own personal wiki?
I have a lot of notes (all on Google Drive right now) and would like to one day organize them into my own personal wikipedia. While being on Google's cloud is nice (I can quickly search key words), ...
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Note-taking app with flashcards (or with Anki export)
I'm using OneNote to take notes and Anki to remember information. I'm spending a lot of time to transfer OneNote notes to Anki and sometimes it's hard to remember if I've already transferred ...
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A notes app that can store connections between notes?
I'm taking part in a tech quiz event happening in a while and a very frequent type of question is where several different items are showed and we're asked to name something that connects all of them, ...
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Note taking software that allows references to database
I was wondering if the following already existed:
I want a software to take notes. But sometimes when you take notes (for example in sciences class) you have the same definition that you have to ...
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Writing tool for documents with multiple authors
I'm looking for a tool for teachers. They write assessments for their pupils. So each teacher writes one per pupil. The software should collect all single assessments and create one large document out ...
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Note taking software that allows to list organic chemistry reactions and their reaction mechanisms
What I am looking for is a software, which will allow me to list the reactions for organic chemistry from my syllabus. When I click on a list item, it will open up the reaction mechanism.Like a link ...
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Which Python GUI framework should I use for this?
*I'm not sure if my idea is structured well for implementation as an app, I'm walking blind here.
The framework shall handle:
editor-like instant color coding of entered text
increasingly ...
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