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The following is a '''list of personal information managers''' ([[Software:Personal information manager|PIM]]s) and online organizers.
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==Applications==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; table-layout: fixed;"
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! PIM application
! Platform(s)
! Software license
! Notes
|-
| [[Software:3D Topicscape|3D Topicscape]]
| [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| organizes information into 3D landscapes 
|-
| [[Software:Calendar (Apple)|Calendar]]
| [[Software:MacOS|macOS]]
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Included with macOS
|-
| [[Software:Outlook.com#Calendar|Outlook Calendar on Outlook.com]]
| Web
| {{proprietary|[[Freeware]]}}
| Has a freeware offline client, Calendar&nbsp;(Windows)
|-
| [[Software:Gubb (application)|Gubb]]
| Web
| {{proprietary|[[Freeware]]}}
|
|-
| [[Software:CintaNotes|CintaNotes]]
| [[Software:Windows|Windows]]
| {{proprietary|[[Finance:Freemium|Freemium]]}}
| organizes information as notes, grouped using tags
|-
| [[Software:EM Client|eM Client]]
| Windows
| {{proprietary|[[Finance:Freemium|Freemium]]}}
| [[Software:Personal information manager|Personal information manager]], [[Software:Email client|Email client]], [[Calendaring software]] 
|-
| [[Software:Evernote|Evernote]]
| macOS, Windows, Web, Android
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:Evolution|Evolution]]
| [[Software:Linux|Linux]], [[Software:Unix|Unix]], [[Software:GNOME|GNOME]]
| {{free|[[Software:GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}
| Included with [[Software:GNOME|GNOME]] 
|-
| [[Software:Google Calendar|Google Calendar]]
| [[Web application|Web]]
| {{proprietary|[[Freeware]]}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:GroupWise|GroupWise]]
| Linux, macOS, Windows, Web
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:IBM Notes|IBM Notes]]
| Linux, macOS, Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:Ical (Unix)|ical]]
| Cross-platform
| {{free|GPL}}
| 
|-
|[[Software:Joplin|Joplin]]
|   Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS
|AGPL
|Note taking application organised as notebooks. Can import and export from Evernote
|- 
| [[Software:Kontact|Kontact]]
| Linux, Windows, Unix, macOS, [[Organization:KDE|KDE]]
| {{free|GPL}}
| Included with [[Organization:KDE|KDE]] 
|-
| [[Software:Leo (text editor)|Leo]]
| Linux, Windows, macOS
| {{free|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. 
|-
| [[Software:Lightning|Lightning]]
| Linux, Windows, [[Software:MacOS|macOS]], others
| {{free|[[Software:Mozilla Public License|MPL]], [[Software:GNU GPL|GPL]], [[Software:GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]}}
| Addon for the [[Software:Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]] e-mail client 
|-
| [[Software:Microsoft Outlook|Microsoft Outlook]]
| Windows, macOS
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:Mobile PhoneTools|mobile PhoneTools]]
| Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:MyInfo|MyInfo]]
| Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Free form personal information manager 
|-
| [[Software:Notion (productivity software)|Notion]]
| Cross-platform
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
|-
|[[Software:Obsidian|Obsidian]]
|Cross-platform
|Catalyst license
|Personal Knowledge Base
|-
| OneNote
| Windows, macOS, Web, Android, Windows Phone
| {{proprietary|[[Freeware]]}}
| Notes manager
|-
| [[Software:Org-mode|org-mode]]
| Cross-platform
| {{free|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) 
|-
| [[Software:Personal Knowbase|Personal Knowbase]]
| Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Freeform note-taking organizer. Portable. 
|-
| [[Software:Planz|Planz]]
| Windows
| {{free|MIT}}
| Provides a single, integrative document-like view of personal information as an overlay to the user's file system. 
|-
| [[Software:Remember the Milk|Remember the Milk]]
| Web
| {{proprietary|[[Finance:Freemium|Freemium]]}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:Tabbles|Tabbles]]
| Windows
| {{proprietary|[[Finance:Freemium|Freemium]]}}
| Tagging and auto-tagging of files, emails and bookmarks. Tag-sharing for files on shared-drives or in the Cloud.  
|-
| [[Software:TagSpaces|TagSpaces]]
| Cross-platform
| {{free|[[Affero General Public License|AGPL]]}}
| Offline application for PC, smartphone or tablet. Personal "wiki" for project tracking and storage of information. 
|-
| [[Software:Taskwarrior|Taskwarrior]]
| Linux, semi-cross-platform ([[Software:Windows Subsystem for Linux|Windows Subsystem for Linux]], [[Software:Cygwin|Cygwin]])
| {{free|[[Software:MIT License|MIT]]}}
| Time and task management tool with command-line interface.
|-
| Things
| macOS
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Task management and scheduling 
|-
| [[Software:TiddlyWiki|TiddlyWiki]]
| Cross-platform
| {{free|[[Software:BSD licenses#3-clause license ("BSD License 2.0", "Revised BSD License", "New BSD License", or "Modified BSD License")|BSD 3-clause]]}}
| Single HTML file application used directly in browser that facilitates content reuse. 
|-
| [[Software:Tinderbox (application software)|Tinderbox]]
| macOS
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:TopXNotes|TopXNotes]]
| macOS
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Hybrid personal note and information organizer 
|-
| Treasuremytext
| Cross-platform
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Archiving personal messages 
|-
| [[Software:Whizfolders|Whizfolders]]
| Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Hybrid Note-taking software and outliner 
|-
| [[Software:Windows Contacts|Windows Contacts]]
| Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Included with Windows 7, 8 and 10
|-
| Wrike
| Web
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:Yahoo! Calendar|Yahoo! Calendar]]
| Web
| {{proprietary|[[Freeware]]}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:Yojimbo|Yojimbo]]
| macOS
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| "[[Software:Personal information manager|Personal information manager]]" 
|-
| [[Software:Zim|Zim]]
| Cross-platform
| {{free|GPL}}
| Graphical text editor designed to maintain a collection of locally stored wiki-pages.
|-
| [[Software:SuperMemo|SuperMemo]]
| Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial (with freeware older versions)}}
| [[Spaced repetition]], [[Philosophy:Incremental reading|Incremental reading]], [[Social:Task management|Task management]] and more.
|-
| [[Software:TheBrain|TheBrain]]
| Cross-platform
| {{proprietary|[[Finance:Freemium|Freemium]]}}
| Personal knowledge base that uses a dynamic graphical interface that maps hierarchical and network relationships. Like a Knowledge Graph.
|}

== Discontinued applications ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; table-layout: fixed;"
|-
! PIM application
! Platform(s)
! [[Software license]]
! Notes
|-
| [[Software:AskSam|askSam]]
| DOS, Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Free form database
|-
| [[Company:Basecamp#Backpack|Backpack]]
| [[Web application|Web]]
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Todo list and calendar 
|-
| [[Software:Chandler|Chandler]]
| Linux, OS X, Windows
| {{free|[[Software:Apache License|Apache]]}}
| Free form approach based on [[Software:Lotus Agenda|Lotus Agenda]]
|-
| [[Software:Claris Organizer|ClarisOrganizer]]
| [[Software:MacOS|macOS]]
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| organized Events, Tasks, Notes, Contacts
|-
| [[Software:Ecco Pro|Ecco Pro]]
| Windows
| {{proprietary|Freeware}}
| organizes information via full power outline and tag assignments.  (Tags can contain text, numeric, or date data.  Date data automatically mapped to calendar.)
|-
| [[Software:Google Notebook|Google Notebook]]
| [[Web application|Web]]
| {{proprietary|[[Freeware]]}}
| deprecated by [[Software:Google Docs|Google Docs]], [[Software:Google Keep|Google Keep]]
|-
| [[Haystack (MIT project)|Haystack]]
| all operating systems with [[POSIX]] and [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| {{free|[[Software:MIT License|MIT]]}}
|
|-
| [[Software:Hula|Hula]]
| [[Software:Linux|Linux]]
| {{free|[[Software:GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}
| Replaced by Bongo project
|-
| [[Software:IBM Lotus Organizer|IBM Lotus Organizer]]
| Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 2003–2013
|-
| [[Software:IdeaList|ideaList]]
| DOS, Windows, Mac
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Free form database
|-
| [[Software:Lotus Agenda|Lotus Agenda]]
| [[Engineering:DOS|DOS]]
| {{proprietary|[[Freeware]]}}
| deprecated by [[Software:IBM Lotus Organizer|IBM Lotus Organizer]]
|-
| [[Software:Meeting Maker|Meeting Maker]]
| Linux, OS X, [[Software:Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 
|-
| [[Software:Microsoft Entourage|Microsoft Entourage]]
| OS X
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| deprecated by Microsoft Outlook for Mac
|-
| [[Software:MORE (application)|MORE]], [[Software:GrandView|GrandView]]
| [[Software:Classic Mac OS|Classic Mac OS]], DOS
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 1986–1990
|-
| [[Software:Mozilla Calendar Project|Mozilla Calendar Project]]
| Linux, BSD UNIX, [[Software:OpenSolaris|OpenSolaris]], [[Software:Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Software:OS X|OS X]], Windows, OS/2
| {{free|[[Software:Mozilla Public License|MPL]]}}
| deprecated by [[Software:Lightning|Lightning]]
|-
| [[Software:Mozilla Sunbird|Mozilla Sunbird]] 
| Linux, BSD UNIX, [[Software:OpenSolaris|OpenSolaris]], [[Software:Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Software:OS X|OS X]], Windows, OS/2
| {{free|[[Software:Mozilla Public License|MPL]], [[Software:GNU GPL|GPL]], [[Software:GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]}}  
| deprecated by [[Software:Lightning|Lightning]]
|-
| [[Company:Now Software|Now Up-to-Date & Contact]] 
| Mac OS, Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| Event, Task and Contact Organizer
|-
| [[Software:Palm Desktop|Palm Desktop]]
| Mac OS, Windows
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
|
|-
| [[Company:Plaxo|Plaxo]]
| Web
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 2002-2017
|-
| [[Software:Borland Sidekick|Sidekick]]
| DOS, [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| {{nonfree|Commercial}}
| 1983–1999
|}

==See also==
===Comparisons===
* [[Software:Comparison of email clients|Comparison of email clients]]
* [[Software:Comparison of file managers|Comparison of file managers]]
* [[Software:Comparison of note-taking software|Comparison of note-taking software]]
* [[Software:Comparison of reference management software|Comparison of reference management software]]
* Comparison of text editors
* [[Software:Comparison of wiki software|Comparison of wiki software]]
* [[Software:Comparison of word processors|Comparison of word processors]]

===Lists===
* [[Software:List of outliners|List of outliners]]
* [[Software:Comparison of project management software|Comparison of project management software]]
* [[Software:List of text editors|List of text editors]]
* [[Software:List of wiki software|List of wiki software]]

==External links==
* {{Dmoz|Computers/Software/Freeware/Personal_Information_Managers|Freeware PIMs}}
* {{Dmoz|Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Microsoft_Windows/Software/Shareware/Personal_Information_Managers|Shareware PIMs for Windows}}
* {{Dmoz|Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Web_Applications/Personal_Information_Managers|PIMs as Web Applications}}

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