No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- NotePlan
Daily notes app that puts project notes, tasks, Apple Calendar events and Reminders side by side for planning each day.
Since 2020
Subscription · Notes and knowledge · 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
- GitWhy
Stores the reasoning from AI coding chats with each git commit and posts it to pull requests for team review.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Inkdrop
A Markdown notes app for developers with encrypted sync, plugins and an API that coding agents can use.
Subscription · Notes and knowledge · Developers
- Notenik
A Mac notes app that keeps notes as plain Markdown text files in folders you choose, with links between notes.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Tot
Small text app for jotting and keeping short notes, synced via iCloud to iPhone, iPad, Watch and Mac.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- iA Writer
Focused writing app with a clean Markdown editor, for writers who want fewer distractions.
Free trial · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Daino Notes
A fast desktop notes app with blocks, Markdown, images and task boards, storing notes locally first.
Free · 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
- Envy
A free desktop notes app that keeps each note as a local Markdown file, with one box to search, create and link notes.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Fletch
A Mac app that runs several AI coding agents side by side in separate clones and chains them to plan, build, review and test.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Athas
A light open-source code editor with coding agents, terminals and Git built in, for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Minutes
Transcribes meetings, calls and voice memos on your own machine into markdown files that your AI assistant can search.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Ledge
Notes app for developers and ops engineers where shell, code, SQL and prompt blocks in Markdown run in place and print results below.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- NoteGen
A free open-source notes app that captures text, voice and links, then uses AI to sort them into Markdown notes.
Free · 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
- Memo Sticky Notes
Colour-coded sticky notes for iPhone, Mac and Vision Pro that sync over iCloud and support Markdown and attachments.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Joplin
Note-taking app for desktop and phone that syncs your notes, with a web clipper and optional paid cloud sharing.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Seychl
A Mac notes app for keeping Markdown documents, driven by the keyboard, with fuzzy search and version history.
Since 2025
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families