# Thinking Notebook & Markdown Editor

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Are you **drowning** in **information**, but **starving** for **knowledge**? Where do you keep your **private remarks**
like ideas, personal plans, gift tips, how-tos, dreams, business vision, finance strategy, auto
coaching notes? Loads of documents, sketches and remarks spread around the file system, cloud,
web and Post-it notes? Are you afraid of your knowledge **privacy**? Are you able to **find** them once you create them?
Do you know how are they mutually **related** when you read or write them? No?

https://www.mindforger.com



## Thinking Notebook
![MindForger](media/screenshots/github-thinking-notebook.png)

MindForger is human mind inspired personal knowledge management tool.


## Markdown Editor
![MindForger](media/screenshots/github-markdown-ide.png)

MindForger is open, free, well performing Markdown editor / IDE which respects your privacy.


## Perfect Software
[Perfect software](https://outofdesk.netlify.app/perfect-software) is not necessarily the best software - it is perfect simply because it does exactly what you want, how do you want it and when you want it. The [YAGNI](https://martinfowler.com/bliki/Yagni.html) - You Aren't Gonna Need It - mantra protects software from wasting time and resources on implementing anything and everything.

The **MindForger** project **is perfect to me**. Even if project's main development branch does not receive updates, be sure that I use it every day - it is the first application I start when I boot up my computer and the last one I close. I add a small feature here or there, fix a bug or update a dependency as needed. In other words, the project is **not** and will **not** be dead.

If you have any ideas, suggestions, news to share, or constructive criticism to share, **do not hesitate to contact me**! Please do not be offended if your GitHub issue or bug report is not implemeted - IAGNI.


## Installation
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Install:

* [Arch](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#arch-linux)
* [Debian](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#debian)
* [Fedora](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#fedora)
* [Flatpak](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#flatpak)
* [FreeBSD](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#freebsd)
* [macOS](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#macos)
* [NixOS](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#nixos)
* [openSUSE](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#opensuse)
* [Snap](https://snapcraft.io/mindforger)
* [Ubuntu](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#ubuntu)
* [Windows](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#windows)
* [winget](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/m/MartinDvorak/MindForger)
* [WSL](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#wsl)

Build:

* [build on Debian](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-on-debian)
* [build on Fedora](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-on-fedora)
* [build on Gentoo](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-on-gentoo)
* [build on macOS](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-on-macos)
* [build on NixOS](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-on-nixos)
* [build on Ubuntu](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-on-ubuntu)
* [build on Windows](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-on-windows)
* [build on WSL](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-on-wsl)
* [build Flatpak](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-flatpak)
* [build Snap](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-snap)

Docker:

* [build and run container](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html#build-and-run-in-container)

Tarball:

* [download tarball](https://github.com/dvorka/mindforger/releases)

Nightly builds:

* [macOS .dmg nightly](https://github.com/dvorka/mindforger/actions)
* [Windows installer nightly](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/dvorka/mindforger/build/artifacts)
* [tarball nightly](https://github.com/dvorka/mindforger/actions/workflows/build_ubuntu.yml)

Check also [packages](https://pkgs.org/search/?q=mindforger) for Linux and Unix.



## Documentation
[![Basics](media/basics/mindforger-basics.png)](https://mindforger.com/#basics)

Read:

* [Getting started](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/getting-started.html)
* [Installation](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/installation.html)
* [User documentation](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/user-documentation.html)
* [Developer documentation](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/developer-documentation.html)
* [Project history](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/history.html)
* [FAQs](https://www.mindforger.com/docs/faqs.html)

Watch:

* [YouTube tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkTlgXXVRbUDdvysdslnAt_mU15oNPWNS)

Check:

* `man mindforger`


## Bugs and Feature Requests
https://github.com/dvorka/mindforger/issues