Tomboy NG
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Tomboy NG, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Tomboy NG's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| tomboy-ng | Free | Free note-taking app; Linux, Windows and macOS downloads |
The facts
Each one read from Tomboy NG's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Backups
- The app keeps one backup copy of each note that is manually deleted or overwritten during sync.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The maker provides installers for Linux, Windows and macOS, and says users may also build from source.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export and import
- It supports importing and exporting plain text, RTF and Markdown.checked 12 Oct 2026
- GitHub sync limit
- The maker says free GitHub accounts are limited to 5,000 accesses per day, which may affect very large note collections.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- GitHub,Google Drive,Dropbox,SMB shares,SSH/sshfschecked 21 Sep 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies the project as MIT licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notes
- It supports rich text markup, automatic links between notes, notebooks, search, undo and redo.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Note sharing
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Printing and spelling
- The app includes printing and spell check.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- tomboy-ng is a note-taking app that runs on Linux, Windows and macOS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The GitHub access token is stored in the app configuration with only minimal obfuscation, and the maker warns that someone with unfettered computer access could retrieve it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Selective sync
- Users can choose to sync only notes in a notebook named SyncGithub.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sync
- Notes can sync between desktop instances through a shared file system or GitHub.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser access
- GitHub Sync lets users view and edit notes through GitHub’s Markdown editor from devices with a browser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Linux requirements
- The download page says Linux Qt5 and Qt6 packages may require separate libqt5pas or libqt6pas libraries, while the GTK2 version does not require those libraries.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,Windows,macOSchecked 21 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The README credits David Bannon and gives an email address, but the pages reviewed do not state his headquarters or founding date.checked 12 Oct 2026
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