List of personal information managers
The following is a list of personal information managers (PIMs) and online organizers.
Applications
| PIM application
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Platform(s)
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Software license
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Notes
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| 3D Topicscape
|
Windows
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Commercial
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organizes information into 3D landscapes
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| Calendar
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macOS
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Commercial
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Included with macOS
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| Outlook Calendar on Outlook.com
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Web
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Freeware
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Has a freeware offline client, Calendar (Windows)
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| Gubb
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Web
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Freeware
|
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| CintaNotes
|
Windows
|
Freemium
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organizes information as notes, grouped using tags
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| eM Client
|
Windows
|
Freemium
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Personal information manager, Email client, Calendaring software
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| Evernote
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macOS, Windows, Web, Android
|
Commercial
|
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| Evolution
|
Linux, Unix, GNOME
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GPL
|
Included with GNOME
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| Google Calendar
|
Web
|
Freeware
|
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| GroupWise
|
Linux, macOS, Windows, Web
|
Commercial
|
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| IBM Notes
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Linux, macOS, Windows
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Commercial
|
|
| Joplin
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Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS
|
AGPL
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Note taking application organised as notebooks. Can import and export from Evernote
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| Kontact
|
Linux, Windows, Unix, macOS, KDE
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GPL
|
Included with KDE
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| Leo
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Linux, Windows, macOS
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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.
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| Lightning
|
Linux, Windows, macOS, others
|
MPL, GPL, LGPL
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Addon for the Thunderbird e-mail client
|
| Microsoft Outlook
|
Windows, macOS
|
Commercial
|
|
| mobile PhoneTools
|
Windows
|
Commercial
|
|
| MyInfo
|
Windows
|
Commercial
|
Free form personal information manager
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| Notion
|
Cross-platform
|
Commercial
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| Obsidian
|
Cross-platform
|
Freeware
|
Personal Knowledge Base
|
| OneNote
|
Windows, macOS, Web, Android, Windows Phone
|
Freeware
|
Notes manager
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| org-mode
|
Cross-platform
|
GPL
|
Integrates with Emacs BBDB for contact management support, web browsers for hyperlink storing support. Free iPhone and Android apps available (Orgzly, MobileOrg and Beorg)
|
| 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.
|
| Remember the Milk
|
Web
|
Freemium
|
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| Tabbles
|
Windows
|
Freemium
|
Tagging and auto-tagging of files, emails and bookmarks. Tag-sharing for files on shared-drives or in the Cloud.
|
| TagSpaces
|
Cross-platform
|
AGPL
|
Offline application for PC, smartphone or tablet. Personal "wiki" for project tracking and storage of information.
|
| Taskwarrior
|
Linux, semi-cross-platform (Windows Subsystem for Linux, Cygwin)
|
MIT
|
Time and task management tool with command-line interface.
|
| Things
|
macOS
|
Commercial
|
Task management and scheduling
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| TiddlyWiki
|
Cross-platform
|
BSD 3-clause
|
Single HTML file application used directly in browser that facilitates content reuse.
|
| Tinderbox
|
macOS
|
Commercial
|
|
| TopXNotes
|
macOS
|
Commercial
|
Hybrid personal note and information organizer
|
| Treasuremytext
|
Cross-platform
|
Commercial
|
Archiving personal messages
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| Whizfolders
|
Windows
|
Commercial
|
Hybrid Note-taking software and outliner
|
| Windows Contacts
|
Windows
|
Commercial
|
Included with Windows 7, 8 and 10
|
| Wrike
|
Web
|
Commercial
|
|
| Yahoo! Calendar
|
Web
|
Freeware
|
|
| Yojimbo
|
macOS
|
Commercial
|
"Personal information manager"
|
| Zim
|
Cross-platform
|
GPL
|
Graphical text editor designed to maintain a collection of locally stored wiki-pages.
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| SuperMemo
|
Windows
|
Commercial (with freeware older versions)
|
Spaced repetition, Incremental reading, Task management and more.
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| TheBrain
|
Cross-platform
|
Freemium
|
Personal knowledge base that uses a dynamic graphical interface that maps hierarchical and network relationships. Like a Knowledge Graph.
|
Discontinued applications
| PIM application
|
Platform(s)
|
Software license
|
Notes
|
| askSam
|
DOS, Windows
|
Commercial
|
Free form database
|
| Backpack
|
Web
|
Commercial
|
Todo list and calendar
|
| Chandler
|
Linux, OS X, Windows
|
Apache
|
Free form approach based on Lotus Agenda
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| ClarisOrganizer
|
macOS
|
Commercial
|
organized Events, Tasks, Notes, Contacts
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| 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
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| Haystack
|
all operating systems with POSIX and Java
|
MIT
|
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| Hula
|
Linux
|
GPL
|
Replaced by Bongo project
|
| IBM Lotus Organizer
|
Windows
|
Commercial
|
2003–2013
|
| ideaList
|
DOS, Windows, Mac
|
Commercial
|
Free form database
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| Lotus Agenda
|
DOS
|
Freeware
|
deprecated by IBM Lotus Organizer
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| Meeting Maker
|
Linux, OS X, Solaris
|
Commercial
|
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| Microsoft Entourage
|
OS X
|
Commercial
|
deprecated by Microsoft Outlook for Mac
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| MORE, GrandView
|
Classic Mac OS, DOS
|
Commercial
|
1986–1990
|
| Mozilla Calendar Project
|
Linux, BSD UNIX, OpenSolaris, Solaris, OS X, Windows, OS/2
|
MPL
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deprecated by Lightning
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| Mozilla Sunbird
|
Linux, BSD UNIX, OpenSolaris, Solaris, OS X, Windows, OS/2
|
MPL, GPL, LGPL
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deprecated by Lightning
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| Now Up-to-Date & Contact
|
Mac OS, Windows
|
Commercial
|
Event, Task and Contact Organizer
|
| Palm Desktop
|
Mac OS, Windows
|
Commercial
|
|
| Plaxo
|
Web
|
Commercial
|
2002-2017
|
| Sidekick
|
DOS, Windows
|
Commercial
|
1983–1999
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