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 | macOS | Commercial | Included with macOS |
| Outlook Calendar on Outlook.com | Web | Freeware | Has a freeware offline client, Calendar (Windows) |
| Chaos Intellect | Windows | Commercial | Manages contacts, projects, email |
| CintaNotes | Windows | Freemium | organizes information as notes, grouped using tags |
| DEVONthink | macOS | Commercial | Tags and folders. Auto-classifies files. Has wiki links. |
| doogiePIM[1] | Windows | Commercial | |
| eM Client | Windows | Freemium | Personal information manager, Email client, Calendaring software |
| EssentialPIM[2] | Windows, iOS, Android | Freemium | |
| Evernote | macOS, Windows, Web, Android | Commercial | |
| Evolution | Linux, Windows,[3] Unix, GNOME | GPL | Included with GNOME |
| Google Calendar | Web | Freeware | |
| GroupWise | Linux, macOS, Windows, Web | Commercial | |
| IBM Notes | Linux, macOS, Windows | Commercial | |
| ical | Cross-platform | GPL | |
| InfiTrac[4] | Web, Android, iOS | Freeware | Sync with major calendars/contacts; sharing; passwords; lists; notes; free text; |
| Kontact | Linux, Windows, Unix, macOS, KDE | GPL | Included with KDE |
| Leo | Linux, Windows, macOS | 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, macOS, 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, macOS | 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[5] | Cross-platform | AGPL | Used to record, manage and share any knowledge. |
| OneNote | Windows, macOS | 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[6] | Linux, Windows[7] | GPL | |
| Outline | macOS, 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[8] | 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 | macOS | 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 | macOS | Commercial | |
| TopXNotes | macOS | 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 | macOS | 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 | Classic 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
- ↑ "doogiePIM - Personal Information Manager". bitespire.com. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ↑ "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".
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