List of personal information managers
The following is a comparison of personal information managers (PIMs) and online organizers.
Applications
PIM application | Platform(s) | Software license | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
3D Topicscape | Windows | Commercial | organizes information into 3D landscapes |
Calendar | OS X | Commercial | Included with OS X |
Calendar | Web | Freeware | Has a freeware offline client (Windows Live Mail) for Windows only |
Chaos Intellect | Windows | Commercial | Manages contacts, projects, email |
CintaNotes | Windows | Freemium | organizes information as notes, grouped using tags |
DEVONthink | OS X | Commercial | |
eM Client | Windows | Freemium | Personal information manager, Email client, Calendaring software |
EssentialPIM[1] | Windows, iOS, Android | Freemium | |
Evernote | OS X, Windows, Web, Android | Commercial | |
Evolution | Linux, Windows,[2] Unix, GNOME | GPL | Included with GNOME |
Google Calendar | Web | Freeware | |
GroupWise | Linux, OS X, Windows, Web | Commercial | |
IBM Notes | Linux, OS X, Windows | Commercial | |
ical | Cross-platform | GPL | |
InfiTrac[3] | Web, Android, iOS | Freeware | Sync with major calendars/contacts; sharing; passwords; lists; notes; free text; |
Kontact | Linux, Windows, Unix, OS X, KDE | GPL | Included with KDE |
Leo | Linux, Windows, OS X | MIT | Python-scriptable folding editor/IDE organized around multiple views (clones) of underlying text spread across files. Inspired by literate programming and similar to org-mode. |
Lightning | Linux, Windows, OS X, others | MPL, GPL, LGPL | Addon for the Thunderbird e-mail client |
MicroLogic Info Select | Windows | Commercial | Free-form info repository; high-speed search, notes, calendar, email client (Originally "Tornado Notes" on DOS) |
Microsoft Outlook | Windows, OS X | Commercial | |
mobile PhoneTools | Windows | Commercial | |
MyBrainMate | Web | Commercial | A personal knowledge database management used for organizing, planning, learning. |
MyInfo | Windows | Commercial | Free form personal information manager |
OneModel[4] | Cross-platform | AGPL | Used to record, manage and share any knowledge. |
OneNote | Windows, OS X | Commercial | |
org-mode | Cross-platform | GPL | Integrates with Emacs BBDB for contact management support, web browsers for hyperlink storing support. Free iPhone and Android app available (MobileOrg) |
Osmo[5] | Linux, Windows[6] | GPL | |
Outline | OS X, iOS | Commercial | |
Personal Knowbase | Windows | Commercial | Freeform note-taking organizer. Portable. |
Planz | Windows | MIT | Provides a single, integrative document-like view of personal information as an overlay to the user's file system. |
Plaxo | Web | Commercial | |
Rdex | Windows, Android | Freeware | Freeform database |
Remember the Milk | Web | Freemium | |
TagSpaces[7] | Cross-platform | AGPL | TagSpaces is running completely offline on your computer, smartphone or tablet and does not require internet connection or online registration. You can create a personal "wiki" for tracking of your projects, ideas or memories. |
TeamWox | Web | Commercial | organizer, todo list, reminders, email client, file storage, mindmap editor, contact book, ip pbx |
Things | OS X | Commercial | Task management and scheduling |
TiddlyWiki | Cross-platform | BSD 3-clause | Single html file application used directly in browser. |
Time & Chaos | Windows | Commercial | Contact & project management |
Tinderbox | OS X | Commercial | |
TopXNotes | OS X | Commercial | Hybrid personal note and information organizer |
Whizfolders | Windows | Commercial | Hybrid Note-taking software and outliner |
Windows Contacts | Windows | Commercial | Included with Windows 7 and 8 |
Wrike | Web | Commercial | |
Yahoo! Calendar | Web | Freeware | |
Yojimbo | OS X | Commercial | "Personal information manager" |
Zim | Cross-platform | GPL | Graphical text editor designed to maintain a collection of locally stored wiki-pages. |
Discontinued applications
PIM application | Platform(s) | Software license | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Backpack | Web | Commercial | Todo list and calendar |
Chandler | Linux, OS X, Windows | Apache | Free form approach based on Lotus Agenda |
Contactizer | OS X | Commercial | previously known as "OD4Contact" |
Ecco Pro | Windows | Freeware | organizes information via full power outline and tag assignments. (Tags can contain text, numeric, or date data. Date data automatically mapped to calendar.) |
Google Notebook | Web | Freeware | deprecated by Google Docs, Google Keep |
Haystack | all operating systems with POSIX and Java | MIT | |
Hula | Linux | GPL | Replaced by Bongo project |
IBM Lotus Organizer | Windows | Commercial | 2003–2013 |
Lotus Agenda | DOS | Freeware | deprecated by IBM Lotus Organizer |
Meeting Maker | Linux, OS X, Solaris | Commercial | |
Microsoft Entourage | OS X | Commercial | deprecated by Microsoft Outlook for Mac |
MORE, GrandView | Mac OS, DOS | Commercial | 1986–1990 |
Mozilla Calendar Project | Linux, BSD UNIX, OpenSolaris, Solaris, OS X, Windows, OS/2 | MPL | deprecated by Lightning |
Mozilla Sunbird | Linux, BSD UNIX, OpenSolaris, Solaris, OS X, Windows, OS/2 | MPL, GPL, LGPL | deprecated by Lightning |
Palm Desktop | Mac OS, Windows | Commercial | |
Sidekick | DOS, Windows | Commercial | 1983–1999 |
Spicebird | Cross-platform | GPL, LGPL, MPL | deprecated by Lightning |
See also
- Comparisons:
- Comparison of e-mail clients
- Lists:
- List of project management software
- List of applications with iCalendar support
- List of wiki software
- List of text editors
- outliners for
References
- ↑ "EssentialPIM Web Site". Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ↑ S. Ravagan (2008-10-03). "Windows version 2.24 (the only one published)". GNOME. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ↑ "Best Free PIM". Gizmo's Freeware. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ↑ "OneModel Web Site". Retrieved 2016-01-28.
- ↑ "Osmo Web Site". Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ↑ "Osmo, Windows version 0.2.8". Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ↑ "TagSpaces Web Site".
External links
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