Vimflowy Alternatives

Vimflowy is described as 'Innovative, open-source notebook and list making app that combines the infinite list and note taking powers of Workflowy with a Vim like workspace' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Vimflowy for a variety of platforms, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows and Android apps. The best Vimflowy alternative is GNU Emacs, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vimflowy are Workflowy, Dynalist, Org mode and OmniOutliner.

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  1. GNU Emacs icon
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    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    181 GNU Emacs alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
     
  2. Workflowy icon
     315 likes

    Offers limitless nested lists for outlining, instant sync on web and mobile, real-time collaboration, file and photo uploads, kanban boards, tagging, offline editing, hoisting for branch focus, content sharing, text highlighting, and Dropbox auto-backup.

    351 Workflowy alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. Dynalist icon
     165 likes

    Dynalist is a web app that lets you break down and organize your thoughts in the format of lists.

    96 Dynalist alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Org mode icon
     140 likes

    Org mode is for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system.

    283 Org mode alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GNU Emacs
    • Termux
    • Terminal
     
  5. OmniOutliner icon
     48 likes

    OmniOutliner is a start-to-finish writing app. Perfect for collecting information, outlining Big Ideas, adding structure to any sort of writing, and much more. From grocery lists to email drafts to long-form composition.

    81 OmniOutliner alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Orgzly icon
     42 likes

    You can keep notebooks stored in plain-text and have them synchronized with a directory on your mobile device, SD card, Dropbox, or over WebDAV.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. Indigrid icon
     27 likes

    A new medium for your ideas—augment your thinking with a text editor designed for structuring lists. Side-by-side views allow 3 modes of thinking.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Checkvist icon
     62 likes

    A professional list-making tool. Minimalist, keyboard-centric online outliner and task management application. Free sharing, unlimited lists, free import and export. Markdown and code support. Good for geeks 🤓 and keyboard lovers 💻.

    102 Checkvist alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Zavala icon
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    Zavala is a modern take on a traditional outliner. It supports all the things you want in a Mac app like multiple windows, keyboard shortcuts, a customizable toolbar, and a full menu bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. Legend icon
     54 likes

    Legend (formerly Moo.do) is a notepad, a to-do list, and an outliner, but with advanced features that make the cloud-based application much more useful than any of those tools would be on their own.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Visual Outliner is an outliner software for Windows, and it uses OPML as native file format. It's not just another tasklist application, but a real outliner editor that can be used to write, view, modify, and maintain hierarchically arranged text.

    70 Visual Outliner alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Windows
     
  12. Outlinely icon
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    Indispensable information organization tool for knowledge workers.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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