Better Stickies

Overview

Better Stickies is a note-taking program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: reminders and due dates, Markdown support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

At a glance

Better Stickies offers free content, but also paid plans: only the free part is free, as detailed under “Plans and conditions”.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Plans and conditions

• Free content: the free library can be used without paying, under the publisher’s licence.

About

Capture ideas, tasks, and deadlines on colorful notes that live on your desktop instead of disappearing into a folder. Each note holds rich text, checklists, screenshots, file shortcuts, and a reminder — so the thing you want to remember stays in front of you until you act on it. Features: Rich text formatting (bold, italic, strikethrough, titles) Customizable colors and background images Reminder system with desktop notifications Dark and light theme support Drag and drop file shortcuts Checkbox and todo lists with strikethrough Code block auto-detection with syntax styling Customizable in-app keyboard shortcuts Export to TXT, Markdown, JSON The free version includes up to 4 notes (tabs count toward the limit). Premium removes the limit and unlocks inside the app (About › Activate Premium…), on up to 5 computers per account. The app uses the network only once, at activation.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)