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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- 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
- Pinto Notes
A free Mac notes app that Claude and other AI assistants can read and change with your approval.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Brink
A screen-edge notch for Mac and Windows that shows your Notion pages and tasks on hover and captures new ones by hotkey.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Cohestry
Notes app for Mac and iPhone that spots related notes and lets you browse them as a three dimensional graph, with Apple Notes import.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Notedog
A private Android journal that saves entries as Markdown files, lets you edit from a laptop browser and backs up to Git.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Cache
A notes and tasks app that keeps plain Markdown files on your devices and syncs them through any Git host you choose.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Notechat
A Mac app that lets you ask questions about your Apple Notes, with the AI model running on your own machine.
Since 2025
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families