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score 222 · Answer 1

Boostnote

Top Pro

Cross platform support

Supports Windows, macOS and Linux. See More

Top Con

Some of the features are not consistent

Top Pro

Markdown support

Top Con

Must use third-party service for sync-ing (Dropbox, etc.)

Boostnote does not have sync-ing capabilities and relies on third-party services to fulfil notes storage. There are additional steps involved to set this up. See More

Top Pro

Free

Top Con

Can't work in "real" offline mode

Top Pro

Open source

https://github.com/BoostIO/Boostnote See More

Top Con

Very poor syncing

Data loss may occur on syncing. See More

Top Pro

Great for developers

Boostnote is great for developers looking to take programming notes with code snippets and such. See More

Top Pro

Supports code snippets and syntax highlighting

Boostnote has the ability to store code snippets and comes with syntax highlighting out of the box, supporting many languages. See More

Top Pro

Works offline

Boostnote doesn't require an internet connection to work. You can write notes offline and sync later. See More

Top Pro

Global search, tag feature

Top Pro

Comes with many themes

Boostnote comes with many themes out of the box, most of which are popular themes and color schemes for code editors: e.g. 3024, base16, solarized, tomorrow. See More

Top Pro

vim/emacs key bindings available

Boostnote supports vim/emacs key bindings. If you're a developer familiar with either of them, navigation should be easy to pick up. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows/MacOS/Linux

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score 73 · Answer 2

Quiver

Top Pro

Has more features than just a simple Markdown editor

Quiver is a notebook and note-taking app akin to Evernote which happens to also be able to edit Markdown files. As such, it has a lot of useful features such as: image support, file attachments, web content support and more. See More

Top Con

You can't edit specific files, they must be in your notebook

Top Pro

Supports code highlighting

Has syntax highlighting for more than 120 programming languages. See More

Top Con

No iOS apps for editing, only a viewer available

I'd LOVE to edit and create quiver notes on my iPad! See More

Top Pro

Supports vi keybindings

For people used to vi keybindings, Quiver can be set up to work with them. See More

Top Con

The line in focus shows a border around it which is distracting

The line in focus in the editor shows a rounded rectangular border around it, which is unappealing and distracting. See More

Top Pro

Live preview

Quiver has live preview for both Markdown and LaTeX. This helps users to better understand the way they are formatting their files. See More

Top Con

Much more than a simple Markdown editor

Since it's more like a note-taking app (and a note-taking app built for developers) than a Markdown editor, it may be a little excessive to use it only for its Markdown editing features. See More

Top Pro

Notes can be linked to each-other

Quiver notes have unique links that can be copied and pasted into other notes to gain quick access between them. See More

Top Pro

Combination of different types of writing in one note

The most outstanding thing for me. Use HTML line breaks while writing MD text. Also, unlike most hybrid editors like Bear, it supports instant image sizing and respective preview. See More

Top Pro

Cloud syncing

Dropbox, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or any other file-based cloud services. See More

Specs

Platforms:macOS

License:Proprietary

Export:Text, Markdown, LaTeX

Preview:Live Preview

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score 14 · Answer 3

{CodeStore}

Top Pro

Multiple languages

{CodeStore} is available in English and German. See More

Top Con

No export

No export supported. See More

Top Pro

Multiple platforms

Runs on Windows, Linux and Mac and also brings a web client. See More

Top Con

€10 per year for unrestricted use

For unrestricted use of all features, an account is required that costs €10 per year. See More

Top Pro

Free to use

{CodeStore} is free to download. See More

Top Con

Java required

Requires a Java installation to run. See More

Top Pro

Share with users

Supports sharing snippets with other users or setting a snippet as "public" to make it visible on the website for all developers in the world. See More

Top Pro

Cloud synchronization

Automatic synchronization with the {CodeStore} cloud. No iCloud or Dropbox required. See More

Top Pro

Syntax highlighting

Syntax highlighting for over 25 programming languages. See More

Specs

Platforms:Web, Windows, Linux, Mac

Price:Free / €10 p.a.

Export:none

Sync:{CodeStore} cloud (proprietary)

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score 6 · Answer 4

Letterspace

Top Pro

Full featured iOS app

This was a iOS first app and that is clear. Great swipe bar interface on iOS. See More

Top Con

No in-app Markdown preview

You can export to PDF or HTML with formatting, but no preview in the Mac app. See More

Top Pro

Simple, yet powerful interface

Keyboard shortcuts for basic text formatting. A few theme options. Full screen mode and swipe gestures. See More

Top Pro

@mentions and #tags for easy organization

Top Pro

Advanced Markdown support

Features Markdown support that many other text editors don't; such as Todo's ( -[x] ) and Strikethrough. See More

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score 15 · Answer 5

Inkdrop

Top Pro

Cross-platform support

Support Windows, macOS, Linus and mobile. See More

Top Con

Only subscription-based

Can not buy it straight up. See More

Top Pro

Extensible

Top Pro

Markdown support

Top Pro

Syntax highlighting, multiple themes out of box

Top Pro

Distraction free mode

Top Pro

Supports Mathematical Equations

Top Pro

Ability to draw Sequence Diagrams

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Plugins add extra functionality and themes

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Public API

More things could be done via its powerful API support. See More

Top Pro

Global search and tag feature

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score 43 · Answer 6

Elephant

Top Pro

Only the essentials

Only basic features are added to Elephant so users aren't overloaded with the interface. See More

Top Con

No mobile app

No mobile apps (can use common sync tools to edit plain files, though). See More

Top Pro

Files are stored locally

Instead of moving files over the cloud, files are stored locally for extra privacy. For syncing, any cloud service can be used. See More

Top Con

Light on features

While not labeled a beta, Elephant is a new note program and doesn't offer all the bells and whistles. See More

Top Pro

Markdown supported

This can be useful when formatting files in HTML. See More

Top Con

No WYSIWYG editor

Top Pro

Active development

The developer has replied, and added many features which users have suggested in the comments on the website. See More

Top Pro

Highly compatible

Elephant is compatible with Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. See More

Top Pro

Files can be uploaded by drag'n'drop

Top Pro

Open source

All features can be used or edited at will for free. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; Linux; OSX

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score 24 · Answer 7

Zoho Notebook

Top Pro

Completely free, ad-free, with unlimited devices

Zoho (the company behind Notebook) has been providing free, advertisement-free, productivity applications for over a decade, and this one is no different. See More

Top Con

Migrate from Evernote non functional

The migrate from Evernote function resulted in blank notes. The headers are there but blank notes See More

Top Pro

Cloud sync

As an Evernote alternative, Notebook securely stores notes to the cloud, allowing you to access notes on all of your mobile devices, while the sync is seamless. Also, web app support is coming soon. See More

Top Con

Available on limited platforms

Currently there is no web app or Windows version available. They are working on both, but there is no set release date. See More

Top Pro

Easy to use

If you've ever used Evernote, then you know it has lot's of menus and that doing simple things requires lots of taps. Notebook is designed to be more functional, and lets you take and access notes quickly. See More

Top Pro

Pre-built checklist and audio notes

Rather than create a checklist within a text note, Notebook has a pre-built checklist card, which makes creating them really easy. Plus the items you check off move to the bottom of the note. Audio notes work the same way. Rather than treat audio notes like attachments (as Evernote does), Notebook has a pre-built audio note which is really nice, very similar to Evernote in that fashion, which makes it a good alternative. See More

Top Pro

Great UI

Specs

Platforms:Mac, iOS, Web, Android, Windows, Linux

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score 11 · Answer 8

Unclutter

Top Pro

Convenient and fast access to files and notes

Unclutter lives in the navbar at the top of your screen, and is always accessible. Any files and notes stored in Unclutter can be quickly accessed from anywhere, with just a mouse movement and scrolling down. See More

Top Con

Can't keep visor open when typing in other applications

The unclutter visor will not stay open when working/typing in other apps. Sometimes it is desirable to use the visor to re-type things, it's not possible outside of copying and pasting, or opening and re-closing the visor. See More

Top Pro

Keep desktop clean(er)

Instead of keeping commonly used files on the desktop, you can tuck them away to the top of the screen. This can unclutter your screen, or create more room for more icons if you like quick access to everything. See More

Top Con

$10 seems a bit much for what it does

Specs

Platforms:MacOS

Dark Theme:YES

Sync:Dropbox, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, etc.

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score 9 · Answer 9

Notebooks

Top Pro

You control how to sync the data - better privacy

Services like Paper (Dropbox), Evernote, Google, OneNote (Microsoft)... and many others, keep your data in format they can read when it syncs with their servers. That means their admins can read your data (see recent scandal with Evernote privacy policy), they can be compelled to give it to law-enforcement and, if hackers manage to breach their servers, the hackers can read it too. With Notebooks, you choose how to sync your data, which means that you can do it using a privacy-friendly service, such as SpiderOak, Tresorit, Sync.com or iDrive, which sync your data using end-to-end encryption. This means that although they use their servers to sync your data, their servers store an encrypted version to which the service does not hold the key. Your data stays private. See More

Top Con

No Linux support

Not able to install on any Linux-based OS. See More

Top Pro

Powerful and grows according to your needs

Notebooks have many features including WYSIWYG editing and Markdown support. While these may be considered power-user features, they are there if the user ever needs them. This makes the app versatile, as it can appeal to the user who just wants to take notes just as much as the user who needs to edit complicated documents. See More

Top Con

Each platform app has an individual cost

Say if you want to use the desktop app on OSX, that will have an individual cost. This cost does not carry over if the Windows app needs to be used as that has its own cost as well. Basically you have to pay for each platform you want to use this app on. While there are no recurring fees, the individual cost for each platform can add up. See More

Top Pro

No recurring fees

There are no reoccurring fees connected to this app: pay once for the platform you would like to use it on, and that's it. See More

Top Con

Cloud sharing has to be done with a third party

Notebooks does not provide its own synchronizing and back-up. The user will therefore need to use a service (such as Dropbox) which has built-in support, but which is a service not connected with the creators of this app. See More

Top Pro

Available on multiple platforms

As an Evernote alternative, Notebooks is available on iOS as well as OS X and Windows operating systems. This makes for a convenient way to manage one's notes or tasks on multiple devices See More

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score 168 · Answer 10

Joplin

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Supports Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. See More

Top Con

Sync issue under Linux

The Linux client has a bug that requires the user to click the mouse frequently in order for sync to proceed. This bug has been open for a while. See More

Top Pro

Supports markdown

Top Con

Sync issues on Windows

No way to change account settings and sync easily corrupted. See More

Top Pro

Offline access

Top Con

Old school interface

Top Pro

Open source

Peace of mind that there is no malicious piece of software in the app. See More

Top Con

Can't create tags from the mobile app

Top Pro

Encryption

Top Pro

Web Clipper

Browser extension saves full pages, clean content, or screen selections to new notes. See More

Top Pro

Nextcloud support

Top Pro

Supports tags for notes

Top Pro

Supports file attachments

Top Pro

Dropbox support

Can sync using Dropbox. See More

Top Pro

Active user forum with support from app creators

Support, troubleshooting, and new feature requests are easy to make at the user forum and you can contact the app creator directly. See More

Top Pro

Optional CLI interface

Provides a CLI interface for terminal lovers. See More

Top Pro

Supports multiple languages

English, French, and Spanish, Italian, German, Czech and many others. See More

Top Pro

Timed alarm reminder for to-do lists

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS

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score 110 · Answer 11

Dynalist

Top Pro

Ability to create documents and organize by folder, and search by title

Top Pro

Create custom user styles

Anyone can create a custom style and share them with the community, which can be found here. See More

Top Pro

Unlimited notes

Which is perfect for personal knowledgebase. See More

Top Pro

Search and link to other notes

Top Pro

Bullet hierarchy with zoom

Able to zoom in in bullet points, collapse bullets, move bulleted information, etc. See More

Top Pro

Inline images

Top Pro

Printable shared lists

Specs

Platforms:All major platforms (Web/Windows/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android)

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score 58 · Answer 12

Emacs Org-mode

Top Pro

Files are usable anywhere at anytime

Users are not tied to one service provider, program, platform, or database engine. See More

Top Con

Android app isn't very good

There are several user-created apps for Android, but none seem to offer the same level of functionality as other to-do apps. See More

Top Pro

Ultimate flexibility

This app's flexibility is based on its minimalist approach, giving the user near-infinite freedom. See More

Top Con

Unintuitive user interface

The key combinations are unintuitive and difficult to remember. This is probably because there are a lot of hidden "modes" depending on where the cursor is. Actions aren't paired with reversing actions like in other todo apps. For example, hitting shift-tab does NOT reverse the effect of hitting tab. See More

Top Pro

Agenda views

Top Con

By default, a hard-to-read display

The default way of writing an outline or checklist creates a very messy wall of text that's difficult to read with no vertical spacing. You can manually add vertical spacing, but the Org operations don't preserve it. There are pretty-display modes, but you need to remember how to enable them, etc. etc. See More

Top Pro

There are a lot of extensions, for exporting to html, bootstrap, js-reveal and much more.

Top Pro

Absolutely free

Emacs with Org-mode is free as in beer and free as in speech – that is, it costs nothing and it’s totally open source. See More

Top Pro

Incredibly extensible

There are many plug-ins for Org-mode, including Org-habits and Org-notify. If Org-mode lacks some piece of functionality, it is very easy to add it. See More

Top Pro

Supports plaintext spreadsheets

Top Pro

Excellent unofficial Android app (orgzly)

Top Pro

Quickly add rich text

Top Pro

Efficient features for deadline organization

Specs

Platforms:Linux / OSX / Windows

API:Yes

Collaborative:no

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score 4 · Answer 13

Polynote

Top Pro

Real-time collaborative

Multiple users can edit a note simultaneously, in real time. See More

Top Con

No free tier

Plynote has a 15-day free trial after which it requires a 20$/user/year subscription. See More

Top Pro

Minimal interface

The application is simple and fast. Can create, share and organize notes and notebooks on the same page. See More

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score 1 · Answer 14

Simple Snippets

Top Pro

Set of snippets

There are snippets created and shared by other people See More

Top Con

Help page

Help page is still under construction. See More

Top Pro

Web-based

All your snippets are available at work, at home or on your mobile device. See More

Top Con

No search yet

Search feature is not available at the moment. So you cannot find snippets by keywords. See More

Top Pro

Private pages

All your code is private by default, but you can share specific snippets with others if you want. Some other sites allow private pages only for extra payment. See More

Top Pro

Code highlighting

It supports highlighting for dozens of languages, even less known ones. See More

Top Pro

Free

It's absolutely free at the moment. See More

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score 41 · Answer 15

Apple Notes

Top Pro

Sync with other Apple devices via iCloud, other cloud/email services

It syncs with iCloud, and surprisingly, also with Gmail and possibly other services too. See More

Top Con

Cannot export to a format that can be imported again

This makes it obscure and cumbersome to back up your notes as files that could be managed by your backup system. You can export to PDF, but not in bulk; and this isn't the native format that you can easily recover with. Apple compounds the problem by using some undocumented format for notes. You can, however, back them all up by backing up the files found in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes See More

Top Pro

Built-in

It's a default system app, making it easy to find and use since it is already installed. See More

Top Pro

Rich-text editing

Allows for simple text formatting and making TODO lists with checkboxes. See More

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Attachments

You can add files to notes and then filter notes by attachment types. See More

Top Pro

It's fast, and syncing is very dependable

The app launches quickly on both Mac and iOS, it also syncs quickly (in seconds) and very dependably across different Apple devices. See More

Top Pro

Supports sharing

Top Pro

It remains simple to use with a gentle learning curve

Despite the significant new updates in iOS 9 and iOS 10, you can start using Notes immediately, then try/master new features with ease — definitely a gentle learning curve. See More

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score 207 · Answer 16

Turtl

Top Pro

Good security

After assigning a password to your account in Turtl, a key is created to encrypt the entire account. No data is stored on their servers meaning they have no access to unencrypted content. This is a huge leg up when comparing to other Evernote alternatives. See More

Top Con

No image embedding

Instead of image embeddings, there's a sort of poor man's substitute: image + description. If you add an image, you can create a description of any size and with all the formatting features. It can be used instead of image embedding but much more limited: only one image and only at the very top. See More

Top Pro

Multiple Platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, Firefox, Chrome)

Turtl has applications for all the major operating systems, as well as Android. In addition, there are extensions available for Firefox and Chrome that cooperate with the downloadable applications. See More

Top Con

Internet dependent

Requires Internet connection to initiate offline mode, loses access to notes without Internet or server. See More

Top Pro

Open source

The app is licensed under GPLv3 making it open source. This means that anyone can use the code and contribute. This also makes it easy to use on one's own server or for company solutions. See More

Top Con

No iOS app

While many other operating systems have a client, iOS does not have one yet (though it is planned). See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Android

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score 16 · Answer 17

Dash

Top Pro

Easy docsets download

Download docsets from CocoaDocs.org, RubyGems.org, Maven.org (Java and Scala), Packagist.org (PHP) and GoDoc.org. See More

Top Con

Forced wait time to view docs

If you use the free version you are very often forced to wait 10 seconds to view something you've chosen to look at. If you change apps or lose focus of Dash, it'll start that 10 second timer over again. A real crappy thing to do to your users in order to get them to buy it. Forcing you to waste your time. See More

Top Pro

Supports docsets generated using Doxygen

Top Pro

Great fast documentation lookup

Has a handy sublime plugin. Press CTRL-H and it jumps straight to the docs for that object. See More

Top Pro

Integrates well with a good selection of apps

They provide very useful integration with apps that are very fitting with using Dash's features. Once integrated, you can really get the feel for being a must have part of the app its integrating with. See More

Top Pro

Great utility app to use for snippets

Snippet apps come in various forms, such as basic snippet (text) containers and added features with text / keyboard utilities to name a couple. This app not only includes this feature, but takes it a bit further than most by adding unique ways to further customize this practice to your own preference. See More

Top Pro

Easy to create new docsets in case there isn't one that exits already

Gives plenty of guides and information on how to generate a docset. See More

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score 12 · Answer 18

SnipAway

Top Pro

Web snippet

Allowing to save any website or file on the web. See More

Top Con

No subfolders

Stores the snippet in only one folder. See More

Top Pro

Global shortcuts

Using global shortcuts you can access features like quick create and quick search directly without opening up SnipAway again. See More

Top Con

No TAGS

Top Pro

Highly customizable

You can change a lot of settings to make SnipAway fit your personal preferences. See More

Top Con

Only for Windows

Update 2019: Now there is a macOS version. See More

Top Pro

ZIP import / export

SnipAway saves all your snippet files locally. To create a backup of your snippets or to use them on other computers SnipAway allows you to export your snippets as a zip file and import them again. Same goes for all application settings. See More

Top Pro

Advanced code editor

Has a very advanced internal editor which you can also customize to match your style. See More

Top Pro

Save snippets to network storage

Can save the snippets to a NAS or something else. Multiple access to the snippets. But the last change is saved. See More

Top Pro

Supports markdown

Top Pro

Great for Storing Websites you often use

Top Pro

Support for Windows & macOS

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score 160 · Answer 19

Workflowy

Top Pro

Outline-style hierarchy with zoom

Any sublist can be viewed as a top-level list. This sounds simple but makes WorkFlowy extremely powerful. For example, the same line item, "write my book," can simultaneously be a to-do in a task list and the container for an entire working document. See More

Top Con

Doesn't support images

There is no way to attach images to an entry. See More

Top Pro

Minimalistic interface

Interface has no clutter. It allows focusing on thoughts to note down. This keeps things simple and easy to understand, which can help keep everything organized in an intuitive manner. See More

Top Con

Offline desktop app requires Chrome

The offline desktop requires installing Google Chrome first before the WorkFlowy app can be installed. This is not good news for non-Chrome users especially users who frequently uses Firefox or Safari as their default browsers, in which Chrome app also suffers memory leak and battery issues. See More

Top Pro

Easy to see an overview and organize notes

All notes are part of a list, which makes it easy to organize everything. Nested lists allow for organizing notes into hierarchical categories of infinite depth. All lists can be folded. WorkFlowy also has tags and instant full-text search. See More

Top Con

Doesn't work well in mobile browsers

The functionality of the mobile version of the site is a bit limited, while new features have been added such as the ability to move lines of text, even that is limited on Android to only being functional on Chrome. See More

Top Pro

Deep nesting

Workflowy's 'everything is in a tree' interface makes it easy to keep expanding on topics, no matter where, or how deep in the hierarchy they are. See More

Top Con

Inconvenient interface

Notes automatically collapse, making them unreadable without user interaction. You cannot view multiple long notes at once. See More

Top Pro

Super fast sync between devices

While adding a list of to-do on web, it syncs with iPhone and iPad apps very quickly. This way you can jump between devices with no delay of up to date content. See More

Top Con

No public API

Top Pro

Quickly focus on a specific topic

Enables users to focus on specific topic area, which is referred to as "hoisting" within Workflowy. See More

Top Con

No color coding

It's a black and white interface without the ability to differentiate based on color. See More

Top Pro

Tasks can be added and manipulated quickly

WorkFlowy allows entering many tasks very quickly – especially useful for meeting minutes or a "brain dump" when you have to type fast. After typing in all your thoughts, it's very easy to organize and sort multiple groups at once. See More

Top Con

Cannot use link-text

You cannot have text link to a URL. When you link to a website you have to post the full URL instead. Instead of having the name of the website or article like, Slant, you instead have to post http://slant.co. It's especially annoying if you have a long URL that takes up a lot of space in the document. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform web and mobile

WorkFlowy can be accessed from either a browser or their apps, which include a Chrome app for desktops as well as an iOS and Android app. This makes it easy to access ones notes no matter the platform or device being used. See More

Top Con

No support for Right-To-Left languages...

Mixed text is scrambled, and text-alignment is wrong See More

Top Pro

Supports tags

Enables users to search by tags. See More

Top Con

Doesn't work on all mobile phones

Not compatible with Android OS version 4.1 and 4.2. See More

Top Pro

Import and export via OPML

OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) is a commonly used standard for text exchange. With two-way support for OPML you are never locked into Workflowy. Importing/exporting via copy/paste of entire outlines is a snap. See More

Top Con

Infrequent updates and new features

WorkFlowy works well but it is hardly ever updated, in comparison to Dynalist, which works in a very similar way but has more features and is updated weekly. See More

Top Pro

Text formatting

You can have bold, italic, and underlined text. See More

Top Con

Only supports one big text file

Although with Workflowy's focus feature this can work, you might prefer managing separate text files. See More

Top Pro

Strong community

There are number of talented coders who help customize WorkFlowy with extensions and styles. It has an active blog and welcomes collaboration. See More

Top Pro

Daily digest email

WorkFlowy can send you an email with that day's activity. It's a great way to track progress. See More

Specs

Platforms:Web, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS

API:Experimental (https://workflowy.com/s/workflowy-extension-api/6ziauXitmUj7idN2 )

Collaborative:Yes

Dark Theme:Paid feature

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score 3 · Answer 20

SnippLeaf

Top Pro

Sharing

The Snippets can be shared via a link. See More

Top Pro

Grouping

Snippets can be grouped by keywords. See More

Top Pro

Syntax highlighting

Code highlighting for a lot of languages. See More

Top Pro

Online Service

Accessible from everywhere due to being an online service. See More

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