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Productivity & Workflows

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Local-first note taking, launcher tools, project management, and automation.

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Obsidian#1
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
96.3Score

Sharpen your thinking. Offline-first Markdown knowledge base.

CommercialYShow HN2020Website

“The fact that all notes remain simple markdown files on my disk means I will never be locked into a proprietary database.”

— @kepanoHN discussion ↗
3,420mentions2,150users
95% positive
Generating fantasy maps#2
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
95.6Score

an interactive exploration

CommercialYShow HN2016Website

“Well done, thanks! BTW, this is a quick way to generate an higher resolution map on the site. Open the developer tools, remove the width from .note (it's the container of the column), inspect the map at the bottom and set the height and width of the canvas to suit your needs. Then click on the Gener”

— @pmontraHN discussion ↗
1,948mentions478users
92% positive
Zero#3
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
93.8Score

A fast, zero-configuration server for React, Node.js, Markdown

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
1,462mentions499users
92% positive
GitBook#4
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
93.5Score

Build beautiful programming books using GitHub and Markdown

CommercialYShow HN2014Website

“This is incredible! Here is the repo if anyone wants to star it: https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook I will definitely use this for the CoderDojoNYC curriculum I'm building.”

— @carlsednaouiHN discussion ↗
967mentions270users
92% positive
Obsidian#5
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
92.8Score

A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

CommercialYShow HN2020Website
3,006mentions1,007users
92% positive
Trilium Notes#6
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
92.7Score

Scriptable note-taking application

Open SourceYShow HN2019Website
863mentions280users
92% positive
Ghostnote#7
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
92.5Score

Contextual notes and todo app

CommercialYShow HN2015Website
953mentions345users
92% positive
Markdownsites#8
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
92.5Score

Publish a Markdown website in 5 minutes

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
867mentions304users
92% positive
Notational#9
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
92.2Score

Real-time notes app built with Vue.js, inspired by Notational Velocity

CommercialYShow HN2017Website
773mentions272users
92% positive
cv-maker#10
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
92.1Score

Simple and elegant Markdown-based resumes

Open SourceYShow HN2016Website
725mentions247users
92% positive
md2googleslides#11
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
92Score

Generate Google Slides from Markdown

Open SourceYShow HN2016Website
559mentions162users
92% positive
Obsidian for Mobile#12
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
91.9Score

Plain-text knowledge base on the go

CommercialYShow HN2021Website

“I'm a note-taking power nerd who has used all the buzzy apps on Macs. Obsidian is by far the best — it's become my personal journal, my knowledge base, a quick and dirty blog, a place to keep loose notes. The development velocity of the (TWO PERSON!) team behind this app is ridiculous. They're const”

— @RaphometHN discussion ↗
2,068mentions686users
92% positive
Markdown New Tab#13
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
91.8Score

A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website
648mentions226users
92% positive
TeXMe Demo#14
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
91.7Score

Self-Rendering Markdown and LaTeX Documents

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
502mentions150users
92% positive
TeXMe#15
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
91.7Score

Self-Rendering Markdown and LaTeX Documents

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website
574mentions192users
92% positive
Kobble#16
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
91.3Score

Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

CommercialYShow HN2017Website
672mentions262users
92% positive
Markdown page#17
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
91.1Score

Create a web page with just markdown

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website
489mentions168users
92% positive
c00cdd7aece6945fb8ea#18
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
91Score

CSS to render Markdown as unrendered Markdown

Open SourceYShow HN2015Website
340mentions92users
92% positive
Stacktile#19
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.8Score

Turn a markdown document into an interactive tutorial

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
398mentions131users
92% positive
Collected Notes#20
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.7Score

A note-taking blogging app I made

CommercialYShow HN2020Website
1,322mentions455users
92% positive
Writing#21
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.6Score

A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

Open SourceYShow HN2017Website
345mentions111users
92% positive
CodeOwl#22
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.5Score

Organize your notes, todos, and code snippets in one place

CommercialYShow HN2018Website
375mentions129users
92% positive
LightPaper for Mac#23
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.5Score

Free Markdown editor

CommercialYShow HN2013Website
407mentions145users
91% positive
Videopuppet#24
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.5Score

From Markdown to Video

CommercialYShow HN2020Website
961mentions268users
92% positive
Slate-md-editor#25
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.4Score

A markdown editor that allows live editing

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website
340mentions114users
92% positive
Notable#26
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.4Score

A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website
461mentions179users
92% positive
Sundown#27
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.3Score

an alternative to Markdown

CommercialYShow HN2017Website
442mentions171users
91% positive
The Markdown Resume#28
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.3Score

The Markdown Resume

CommercialYShow HN2014Website
389mentions144users
91% positive
Paperman#29
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.3Score

LaTeX editor with a Markdown feel

CommercialYShow HN2014Website
317mentions103users
92% positive
Socrates#30
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
90.3Score

Markdown + LaTeX math in the browser

CommercialYShow HN2013Website
288mentions87users
92% positive