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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- RemNote
Note app for students that builds flashcards, quizzes and summaries from notes and PDFs with spaced repetition.
Since 2021
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- MWeb
Markdown app for Mac and iOS to write, keep notes and publish them as a static blog.
One-off payment · Website builders · Individuals and families
- HedgeDoc
Self-hosted markdown editor where teams write notes, diagrams and slides together in real time.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- Notes Plus
A notes app for Mac and Windows modelled on Apple Notes that saves every note as a plain Markdown file in your folders.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- ExcalidrawZ
Native Mac, iPad and iPhone app for Excalidraw sketches with a local file library, history, search and cloud folder sync.
Design and images
- MarginNote 5
A reading and study app that lets you clip from books and papers, link the clips in mind maps and review them as cards.
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Grape
A note app for desktop and phone that records and transcribes, then answers questions using your own notes.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Sarala
Desktop Markdown editor that shows the formatted page as you type, with diagrams, math and an optional AI helper.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Earnote
Records lectures and meetings on Mac or iPhone, transcribes them locally and turns them into notes, flashcards and study sheets.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Whimsical
A shared canvas where product teams sketch flowcharts, wireframes and mind maps, with AI to draft them from a prompt.
Design and images · Software companies
- Mochi
Write notes and flashcards in markdown, then review them on a spaced repetition schedule.
Since 2019
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- AutEng Docs
A writing space for engineers to draft technical docs with Markdown, Mermaid diagrams and math, with AI help on specs.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers
- Komihåg
An iPhone app that turns text you select and share into flashcards, shown on your home and lock screen.
Since 2025
Courses and learning · Individuals and families