Note keeping tool

@dodo said:
https://pentest.ws

I just looked them up and that looks nice. Do you use the paid version and if so do you think it is worth it?

@ZerkerEOD: No paid version (I’m poor) but the free one is enough for me but I think that for 5$ at month it is worth it.

I use gedit

@dodo said:
@ZerkerEOD: No paid version (I’m poor) but the free one is enough for me but I think that for 5$ at month it is worth it.

I am testing it out and paid the $10 for a quater to check it out. I would happily pay so much more if it allowed me to keep notes and then import them into a final report. But the Report tab seems to lack since I have to retype all my notes (this is assuming I use it for reporting job based penetration test).

I personally like keepnote. It works on linux/mac/windows which makes it nice for when I’m doing stuff on my laptop to go and I just keep them in a synched folder. I used OneNote for the longest but the search in it is really poor when you are searching for characters like “,” or commands containing just a word. Keepnote seems to handle this better imo :slight_smile:

@peek said:
I use gedit

I also prefer gedit. YMMV but i’ve found that the bells and whistles in most dedicated note-taking apps are unnecessary and distract more than they contribute, IMO.

I find sublime text to be pretty good but most of the time I just use gedit or vim or whatever is there or notepad ++ is good too linux and win but my ubuntu version I have is a little buggy at times not sure if it’s my system but I like sublime more than notepad ++ for linux

i use ###for title then ##for nmap then => etc

keepnote / Cherrytree - this is good for CTF/challenges… self contained

Microsoft One Note - I use this for a general scrapbook/wiki off stuff like cheatsheet guides. quick simple to slap stuff in

Notepad++ - cant go wrong with text files and a good folder structure and named screenshots. i typically use this for pentests. others like dradius, canvas, dart, serpico are ok but i feel over complicate things…

pentest.ws looks good and i want to try the self hosted version could be good.

I just use notepad++

Type your comment> @shifty0g said:

keepnote / Cherrytree - this is good for CTF/challenges… self contained

Microsoft One Note - I use this for a general scrapbook/wiki off stuff like cheatsheet guides. quick simple to slap stuff in

Notepad++ - cant go wrong with text files and a good folder structure and named screenshots. i typically use this for pentests. others like dradius, canvas, dart, serpico are ok but i feel over complicate things…

pentest.ws looks good and i want to try the self hosted version could be good.

I am still waiting for the selfhosted version also. They are also in the works to get a shared encounter going also for a team type attack. They will hopefully soon be everything that I need. I just wish the did Inline Code Snippets instead of just Block Code, and have the ability to add screenshots to the hosts notes and not just in the report section.

i tested keepnote and cherrytree, I prefer cherrytree. Maybe i havent found it, but why dont they add a screen capture tool ?

Cherrytree ftw. Free, offline, open-source, Markdown, hierarchical, font support, password protection, searching through everything… what else is there I could possibly need?

I hate anything that is online-only like pentest.ws because it makes assumptions about my network setup. Sometimes I want to work on stuff offline or away from wifi, and then what use is that service to me?

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Type your comment> @dodo said:

https://pentest.ws

it’s great.

Can you please share your template for CTF’s / PT?

@limbernie said:

Boostnote. I like it because of Markdown.

This looks very interesting. Going to check it out, thanks!

I also used Boostnote because of the markdown support and it was a really great note-keeping tool. But because I wanted something that I could access from any device I am now using GitBook which also supports markdown format!

In the past I’ve also used jekyll which is very easy to setup locally. Also a jekyll-blog can be easily published and integrated with github anytime which is very convenient.

vim/text files/folder structure/git?

you may want to use Joplin if you want multidevice/markdown/e2e encryption/tags, I’ve moved from cherrytree and I’m happy for now

Type your comment> @dodo said:

https://pentest.ws

Been after something just like this. Looks great, thanks for the tip :slight_smile: