FeatherNotes is a lightweight notes manager based on Qt.
FeatherNotes is desktop agnostic. FeatherNotes only opens an XML derivative called text/feathernotes-fnx because the concept of “node” makes sense only in XML.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Support for rich text formatting, image embedding and inserting editable tables.
- Toolbar.
- Drag-and-drop capability for moving nodes and also for embedding images.
- A tray icon for quick access on any desktop.
- Correct position/size saving and restoring with most window managers.
- Compact but complete search and replacement widgets.
- The ability to include searchable tags (hidden info on each node).
- Support for optional node icons.
- Support for local and remote hyperlinks (bookmarks).
- Text zooming.
- Printing and exporting to HTML and PDF.
- Password protection using standard, well-known algorithms.
- Auto-saving.
- Transparent tree view option.
- Keyboard shortcuts.
- Internationalization support – translations for Chinese (Simplified), Chinese, (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Slovak, Spanish, and Welsh.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux and macOS.
Website: github.com/tsujan/FeatherNotes
Support:
Developer: Pedram Pourang (aka Tsu Jan) and contributors
License: GNU General Public License version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version
FeatherNotes is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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Regarding the statement on this webpage: “FeatherNotes only opens an XML derivative called text/feathernotes-fnx because the concept of “node” makes sense only in XML.”
CherryTree is also node-based, yet uses SQLite instead of XML.