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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Annotate.tv
Take notes tied to moments in YouTube videos, query the transcript and send your notes to Notion, Obsidian or Readwise.
Since 2020
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Stik
Mac app that opens a floating note on a shortcut so you can jot a thought, saved as a local markdown file.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Stempad
A browser note editor for science and maths students with quick equation entry, chemical structures and graphs.
Since 2024
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- An Otter Wiki
A simple self-hosted wiki that stores markdown pages in git, with file attachments and full page history.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- FSNotes
An open-source Mac and iPhone notes app that keeps Markdown as plain files, syncs over iCloud and backs up to Git.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Obsibrain
A ready-made Obsidian setup that ties tasks, projects, goals and reviews together, bought once.
Since 2024
One-off payment · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- AI Exporter Hub
Chrome extension that saves your ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other chatbot chats as Markdown, PDF, Notion pages or Obsidian notes.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Glyph
A Mac app for writing and linking plain Markdown notes in your own folders, with boards, tables and optional AI help.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- NormalNotes
Quick Markdown note app for Apple devices that starts on a daily page and works directly with Obsidian vault files.
Since 2026Updated 3 months ago
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Mana
Drop in papers, notes and transcripts and an AI agent files them into a cited, linked markdown wiki you keep.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Stash
A Mac notes app that keeps text, markdown and CSV files in a local folder and syncs them through git.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Opensidian
A free markdown notes app for Linux that opens Obsidian vaults, with wikilinks, backlinks and a graph view.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Edmund
A free native Mac editor for Markdown files that shows formatting in line as you type and works with plain files on disk.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- StrataSpace
Markdown document editor where teams and AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT write together live, with presentations and blog publishing.
Since 2026
Free plan · Documents and e-signature · Developers
- cyberWriter
Note app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that keeps a folder of Markdown files linked with wikilinks, backlinks and a graph, plus PDF export.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Theorem
An open source reader for EPUB, PDF, comics and RSS that saves your highlights to an Obsidian or Logseq vault as Markdown.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Memorypad
A small Mac app for jotting down passing thoughts and reminders, saved as a plain markdown file you can open anywhere.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Moment
A shared Markdown editor where teams and coding agents write documents and build small internal tools stored in git.
Developer tools · Developers
- CastLoom Pro
Desktop app that plays and batch downloads podcasts, then transcribes and translates them offline into your notes.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Podcasting · Individuals and families
- Korvo
Desktop workspace that pulls your files and notes into structured plans and records the reasons behind each decision.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Minibase
A browser extension that clips pages, videos and threads into Markdown files on your disk for Obsidian or AI assistants.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Mdit
A minimal markdown note editor that saves plain files on your computer, with optional AI help using your own key.
Since 2025
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- HelixNotes
A notes app that saves plain Markdown files on your own disk, with tasks, links and optional sync.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Pixno
Snap a photo, PDF or recording and get a tidy text note you can send to Notion, Obsidian or Google Docs.
Since 2024
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Philo
A desktop daily notes app that carries open tasks forward, repeats routine ones and saves everything as markdown files.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Scrybble
Moves handwritten notes and highlights from a reMarkable tablet into an Obsidian vault as searchable Markdown.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Markant
A Mac app for reading, printing and sharing Markdown files, with themes, math and code highlighting.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families