Tree Notes AlternativesNote-taking Tools and other similar apps like Tree Notes

Tree Notes is described as 'Notes organizer for Windows that allows you to organize and manage all your notes in a tree structure with icons. Tree Notes is very easy to use and light-weight' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Tree Notes for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best Tree Notes alternative is Zim, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tree Notes are CherryTree, RedNotebook, wikidPad and MyInfo.

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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"...

    361 Zim alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. CherryTree icon
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    Hierarchical note-taking software that is free, open-source, cross-platform. Features include rich text, syntax highlighting, multi-level lists, embedded files, customizable interface, code execution, PDF export, spell check, images & tables, and comprehensive project management support.

    152 CherryTree alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
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  3. RedNotebook icon
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    RedNotebook is a graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds. You can also format, tag and search your entries.

    170 RedNotebook alternatives

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    • PortableApps.com
    • Xfce
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  4. wikidPad icon
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    wikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down. What makes wikidPad different from other notepad applications is the ease with which you can cross-link your information.

    214 wikidPad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  5. MyInfo icon
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    MyInfo is a personal information manager for Windows. It will help you capture, organize, edit and share ideas, documents, tasks, and web pages.

    328 MyInfo alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. TreePad icon
     35 likes

    A free and lightweight outliner, only 465KB in size. It allows you to store all your notes, emails, texts, hyperlinks, etc. into one or multiple plain-text databases. With the look and feel of the familiar Windows Explorer, editing, storing, browsing, searching, and retrieving...

    76 TreePad alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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    • Wine
    • Raspberry Pi
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  7. Journée icon
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    A simplified, RedNotebook-type journal/diary app. With a focus on minimal design and a distraction free writing environment. Makes a folder full of dated text files that are easy to access even without the journal program.

    162 Journée alternatives

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  8. myBase icon
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    myBase is a unique free-form database software that allows entry of unstructured text, webpages, images, documents, emails and even arbitrary files without regard to length or format. All information is automatically compressed and stored in the tree structured outline form.

    124 myBase alternatives

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    • Mozilla Firefox
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  9. Collect your thoughts, think, write, brainstorm, and create the perfectly looking notes with this powerful, all-purpose, productivity tool.

    181 Outline Knowledge Organizer alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  10. OutWiker icon
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    OutWiker is designed to store notes in a tree. Such programs are called "outliner", personal wiki, or tree-like editors. OutWiker's main difference from the other similar programs is keeping the tree of notes in the form of directories on disk, and encouraging...

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  11. NotebookWiki icon
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    Notebook is a personal notebook application. Its for storing notes, to-do lists, daily logs, things you want to remember, neat ideas you might do something with some day, cute things your children said, bad jokes--all the kinds of things you would write down now if only you had...

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    • Free
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    • Discontinued

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  12. Vault 3 icon
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    Vault 3 stores your notes and photographs as an outline. Vault 3 organizes your information into categories and sub-categories that you specify. Vault 3's outline is easily and rapidly searchable. Vault 3 uses strong encryption to ensure the privacy of your personal data.

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    • Free
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    • Android
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