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App to organize work notes (OSX) (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am looking for a note talking app to keep work notes in. My requirements are:

Allow hierarchical organization of notes (like project1, project1/build, project1/configure) and easy to navigate to different notes.
Allow basic formatting (heading, code block).
Run locally
(Optionally) Have a table of contents for quick navigation

Obsidian looked promising and had the additional benefit of storing notes in Markdown format for easy export. Unfortunately, I would need to buy a commercial license in order to store work-related information.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Microsoft OneNote?

Or maybe something from Omnigroup?

https://www.omnigroup.com

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I will take a look at Omnigroup.

With OneNote, I have 2 issues:

It has a rigid 3 level note organization (Notebook, Section, Page) and I cannot embed notes at different levels of the hierarchy.
The version I have does not work offline (I have to sign in to a Microsoft account to launch the program).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

My first thought was OmniOutliner. Not cheap, but it’s best in class for sure.

For cheaper/free alternatives, go to alternativeto.net and make sure to use the filters (OS, open source, etc.)