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What I use for making notes is my CatWiki program ( https://github.com/cabalamat/catwiki ).

This stores articles in a wiki in Markdown format as files on a local filesystem, enabling:

- portability. Any ascii text editor can read the files. One goal of the system is that I can still read the files if the software isn't set up (e.g. if installing on a new box).

- longevity. Python, Flask and Markdown are not going away any time soon. Even if they do, the files can still be read.

- privacy. The files are never transmitted across the network. This is also a disadvantage, of course :-).



Another option is TiddlyWiki : http://tiddlywiki.com/

It's basically a meta wiki in that it uses the same html file as the database. So you get wiki features in a single file. It does have a helper jar to work around browser security around file access.

Oh and it is insanely customizable and skinnable.


I love Tiddlywiki. I'd be using it if it were easier with mobile.




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