Notenik
Structured Markdown notes and publishing on the Mac.
A free, open-source macOS app for organizing Markdown collections with custom fields, sorting, and flexible views. Its export and site-generation tools can turn the same plain-text records into reports, books, websites, or other published output.
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What is Notenik best for?
Notenik is a free Markdown tool best suited to mac users managing structured notes that also need to be published. It is available as Desktop app on macOS, and it is open source.
At a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- Source
- Open source
- Best for
- Mac users managing structured notes that also need to be published
Capabilities
- open source
- custom fields
- collections
- site generation
- export
Platforms
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