In recent days we have talked about Joplin and Boostnote but the truth is that each one of them is focused on a certain number of people. For example, Joplin is better used if you synchronize it with Nextcloud or OneDrive; and Boostnote will get more and better if you are a developer. However, Notable being something simpler focuses mainly on the average user, which makes it interesting as well.

Notable is a markdown-based note-taking application. It is cross-platform because it is available for Windows, Linux and macOS. Its main focus is to take notes without problems with the right features to do it efficiently. Some of them are:

• Markdown based. The editor has a powerful Markdown editor that makes it possible for you to write your notes nicely. It is also possible to use KaTeX expressions and mermaid diagrams. Also, many features like multi-cursors, a minimap and best-in-class syntax highlighting are built-in.
• Portability of notes. Remarkable simply save the notes on your hard drive without any additional tricks. This makes it possible for you to do what you want with them on your operating system.
• To better suit writers working in low light, Notable incorporates a dark theme. They plan to incorporate more themes in the future.
• Notable also incorporates a Zen mode so that notes can be written without distraction.

How to install Notable on Linux?

Notable provides us with various forms of installation on Linux. For example, it provides us with a DEB package for distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives; but also with an RPM package for Fedora, OpenSUSE and RHEL-based distributions such as CentOS.

If you use Debian or some of its derivatives, just download the package and then install it with gdebi.

:~$ gdebi [file_path]

If you use the RPM package, download it and use the rpm command to install it.

:~$ rpm -ivh [file_path]

However, it is also available as an AppImage package compatible with all Linux distributions. Download it and give it execution permissions and finally run it.

That is how it looks this markdown based application

Once you run the application, you will be asked to configure the directory where you can save your notes.

Then, the application will start without problems. There we will see some notes that serve as a basic tutorial of the application.

Notable has keyboard shortcuts and the dark theme is activated from the main menu. Everything is very easy and intuitive.

So, enjoy it.

Conclusion

Notable stands out for being a simple and effective application that wants to fulfill its mission without being so decorated. It is to be thankful that more and more applications appear for Linux and fill us with alternatives.

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Boostnote is a markdown editor built with web technologies such as yarn, Javascript and the Electron framework. Therefore, we can deduce that it is cross-platform with packages for Linux, Windows and macOS. We might think it is just another text editor, but the main feature is that it is focused on developers.

Because with Boostnote we will have a text editor that allows to combine Markdown with highlighted code for many programming languages like Javascript, Vue, Python or Go. But of course, there are many more. This gives flexibility rarely seen in a text editor.

From Boostnote you can expect the typical markdown common editor like syntax highlighting, markdown code preview and support for many languages, so it is probably available for yours natively.

So, let us install it.

InstallBoostnote the markdown editor for developers

Boostnote is a cross-platform application, so we can install it on our favorite Linux distribution.

First, go to the project website.

By clicking on the Download button. We will be asked to enter a registration email. Do not worry it is just that: enter an email.

Then, we can get the links for our distribution.

In case it is not listed, we can download the source code and compile it ourselves with the instructions given to us by the developers.

In my case, I am using Linux Mint 19.2 (Ubuntu 18.04) So we need to download the package and install it with dpkg.

:~$ cd Downloads/
:~$ sudo dpkg -i boostnote_0.13.0_amd64.deb

Using Boostnote

Once you have installed it, you will be able to run it from the main menu. Once opened, you will see the following:

Right there in the welcome we will be able to observe its potential. Because we will be able to store multiple code snippets within the same snippet as well. So, this makes it very powerful.

And the welcome note:

But as it is a quite customizable application, we can enter the preferences to make more own the application.

Within the preferences we will be able to change the language of the application. Or change the appearance of it.

So, enjoy it.

Conclusion

A note-taking application for developers sounds good and works even better. All this is possible thanks to Boostnote. Its cross-platform capability makes it viable for many application enthusiasts.

We can only use it, enjoy it and thank the developers for this great application.

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