Terminal Velocity AlternativesNote-taking Tools and other similar apps like Terminal Velocity

Terminal Velocity is described as 'Fast, cross-platform (pip installable) note-taking application for the UNIX terminal, it’s a clone of the OS X app Notational Velocity that runs in a terminal and uses your $EDITOR' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are eight alternatives to Terminal Velocity for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Terminal Velocity alternative is Zim, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Terminal Velocity are Trilium Notes, Tomboy, Notational Velocity and Quiver.

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  1. Zim icon
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    Zim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Store information, link pages and edit with WYSISYG markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it previewed as-you-type. Creating a new page is easy by either clicking on the "Create new note"...

    318 Zim alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Tomboy icon
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    Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux, Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day.

    228 Tomboy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Notational Velocity is a mouseless application for storing and retrieving notes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Quiver icon
     43 likes

    Quiver is a notebook built for programmers. It lets you easily mix text, code and Markdown within one note, edit code with an awesome code editor, live preview Markdown and LaTeX cells, and find any note instantly via the full-text search.

    241 Quiver alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Hyperdraft icon
     10 likes

    Turn your notes into a website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • RemoteStorage
     
  6. nvPY icon
     34 likes

    nvPY is a note-taking tool inspired by Notational Velocity, nvALT and ResophNotes. It syncs with simplenote, and runs on Linux, Windows and OSX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. vim-pad icon
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    a quick notetaking plugin. Contribute to fmoralesc/vim-pad development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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