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Ask HN: What is a good Mac app for keeping notes, that supports code snippets?

4 pointsby iDemonixalmost 6 years ago
I use OneNote for most of my projects&#x2F;notes, but having code in it is a nightmare, and I prefer to write in Markdown, or at least a much less &#x27;rich&#x27;&#x2F;minomal editor.<p>There&#x27;s a few buyable options, but no trustable reviews or trials.<p>Any recommendations?

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kjksfalmost 6 years ago
I use notion.so<p>They support code snippets via code blocks.<p>I use it for notes but also for much more.<p>For example, my website (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.kowalczyk.info&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.kowalczyk.info&#x2F;</a>) is almost fully generated out of content stored in Notion via a custom program (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;kjk&#x2F;blog" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;kjk&#x2F;blog</a>) that uses my (unofficial, reverse-engineered) API library for Go (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;kjk&#x2F;notionapi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;kjk&#x2F;notionapi</a>).<p>Notion is very rich so it might be overwhelming at first but it&#x27;s the last note-taking application I&#x27;ll ever use.
kirbiyikalmost 6 years ago
I&#x27;ve spent quite a lot time on this. And the Oscar goes to the Typora(<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;typora.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;typora.io&#x2F;</a>).<p>Pros:<p>- You can just add any snippet with language specific highlighting. I added a folder with the name quickscript. It has documented snippets, you can even add some equation in Latex then add the implementation as code snippet.<p>- Available for Mac, Linux, Windows.<p>- I store all my data in Google Drive.<p>- All data is stored in Markdown format. This is very important. You can easily export your notes or edit from raw version even if app would stop working one day.<p>- Realtime preview of markdown.<p>- Some sort of Latex support. Well if you are researcher this is very very cool.<p>- Crazy themes. Mine seems like exactly Bear note app.<p>Cons:<p>- No mobile client. But you can use a markdown editor with Google Drive support.<p>- It might have some non-critical bugs now and then.
cutetyalmost 6 years ago
I’ve been using Boostnote[1] for several months and I really enjoy it, and it sounds exactly what you’re looking for. It has just two kinds of notes, markdown and snippets, supports syncing with Dropbox&#x2F;google drive&#x2F;etc. Though my absolute favorite feature, and the reason I haven’t looked for anything else since downloading it is it supports VI key bindings.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;boostnote.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;boostnote.io&#x2F;</a>
jrjsmrtnalmost 6 years ago
VoodooPad.