Best Knowledge Management

Coda blends documents, databases, and applications into a single, powerful canvas. It allows you to create interactive docs with live data, buttons, and automations that connect to tools like Slack an...

Supernotes organizes knowledge into 'cards' instead of pages, which can be nested, tagged, and linked. It has a social layer allowing you to follow other users and share cards publicly or collaborativ...

Zotero is a free, open-source reference manager and note-taking tool. It allows users to collect, organize, and cite research sources efficiently. Zotero integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Word and...

Outline is an open-source, team knowledge base built with a focus on seamless integration with Slack. It offers a clean, Markdown-based editor, tree-based page hierarchy, and collaborative editing. It...

Evernote is a veteran note-taking app known for its powerful web clipper, document scanning, and OCR search that finds text in images. It organizes notes into notebooks and tags, and recently added ta...

Bear is a beautifully designed, Markdown-based note-taking app for Apple devices. It uses a unique tag-based organization system and offers a focused writing environment. Its simplicity, speed, and ex...

GoodNotes is a popular digital notebook app for iPad, Mac, and iPhone, known for its realistic writing feel and excellent PDF annotation. It features powerful handwriting search and organization into...

SiYuan is a powerful, open-source personal knowledge management system with a block-based editor and an outliner. Data is stored locally in SQLite, ensuring privacy and performance. It features bidire...

Heptabase is a visual knowledge management tool that combines notecards with an infinite whiteboard. Users create cards in a journal and then spatially organize them on whiteboards to see the big pict...

Coggle is a powerful online mind mapping and diagramming tool that supports real-time collaboration, making it ideal for academic research. It offers a wide range of templates, easy-to-use interface,...

Wiki.js is a powerful, open-source wiki software built for modern documentation. It can be self-hosted, supports Markdown editing, stores content in Git or a database, and includes fine-grained access...

A digital knowledge management platform that centralizes business facts (like NAP) across search engines, apps, and maps. Key for large brands managing consistent local listings at scale. An enterpris...

Mendeley is a research management tool that helps users organize, annotate, and share academic papers. It supports multiple devices and operating systems, making it an excellent choice for researchers...

BookStack is a simple, self-hosted wiki platform that organizes content into Books, Chapters, and Pages (like a library). It features a straightforward WYSIWYG editor and search. It's easy to set up a...

TiddlyWiki is a unique, non-linear personal wiki contained in a single HTML file. It consists of 'tiddlers' (micro-content notes) that can be linked and tagged. It's incredibly customizable through pl...

Standard Notes is a simple, encrypted, and open-source notes app focused on longevity and privacy. It uses end-to-end encryption by default and offers extensibility through editors (Markdown, code) an...

Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note-taking application built for extensive personal knowledge bases. It can be self-hosted and supports advanced features like note cloning, scripting, relation maps,...

Athens Research is an open-source, local-first knowledge graph for research and notetaking. It features block-based pages, bidirectional linking, and a graph overview. Data is stored locally in an EDN...

Foam is an open-source personal knowledge management system built on VS Code, inspired by Roam Research and Zettelkasten. It provides backlinking, graph visualization, and note connections using plain...

Dendron is a developer-focused knowledge base that works as a VS Code extension. It uses a hierarchical note structure (like a file system) stored as plain Markdown, making it Git-friendly. It feature...

Amplenote combines notes, tasks, and calendar in one app. Its 'Jots' feature allows quick capture that can be turned into notes or tasks. It includes a unique task 'score' based on urgency and importa...

NotePlan is a note-taking and task management app for Apple devices that centers on daily notes linked to your calendar. It uses Markdown for tasks, notes, and backlinks, creating a unified system for...

Reflect is a fast, encrypted note-taking app built around a daily notes system and backlinks. It integrates your calendar to automatically create meeting notes and uses AI to help with summarization a...

Zoho Notebook organizes notes into digital notebooks with rich card-based interfaces for different note types (text, audio, checklist, photo). It's visually appealing, supports multimedia, and include...

AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to Notion, offering a similar block-based editor, databases, and Kanban boards. You can self-host it for full data control or use their cloud. It emphasizes priv...

Nuclino is a lightweight, real-time collaborative wiki that organizes content into workspaces and items. It offers multiple views: list, board, graph (mind map), and table. It's fast, minimalist, and...

Slite is a simple, channel-based team wiki designed to reduce meetings and improve async communication. It organizes knowledge into channels, features a dedicated 'Questions' section to capture tacit...

Almanac is a collaborative docs platform built for operational workflows, featuring Git-like version control with branching, merging, and peer reviews. It excels at managing process documentation, com...

Microsoft Loop is a collaborative workspace centered around portable 'components' (lists, tables, notes) that stay in sync across Microsoft 365 apps like Teams and Outlook. It offers shared workspaces...