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• Front page (this document)
• Hypernomicon FAQ
• Release Notes

Hypernomicon is a personal productivity/database application for researchers that combines structured note-taking, mind-mapping, management of files (e.g., PDFs) and folders, and reference management into an integrated environment that organizes all of the above into semantic networks or hierarchies in terms of debates, positions, arguments, labels, terminology/concepts, and user-defined keywords by means of database relations and automatically generated hyperlinks (hence ‘Hyper’ in the name).

Hypernomicon is perfect for: Anyone who works in a field (professionals, hobbyists, and students alike) where they have to keep track of several (or more) of the following:

• Terminology
• Concepts
• Theoretical questions/Debates (hierarchically organized)
• Theories (hierarchically organized)
• Positions (hierarchically organized)
• Arguments for theories/positions (and counterarguments)
• Authors (and information about them such as website, affiliation, etc.)
• The works authors have authored
• Sources and authors associated with arguments, theories, positions, and debates
• PDF files associated with such sources and works (including the multiple works an edited volume might contain, and ability to jump to the PDF page of a particular paper)
• Personal notes associated with any of the above
• Notes taken during talks, meetings, seminars
• Any other files or folders associated with any of the above (including notes)
• Ability to manage (rename, move, etc.) files and folders while not losing associations with any of the above information
• Associations between works and entries in your bibliography manager (currently integrates with Zotero and Mendeley)

Hypernomicon keeps track of all of the above in a highly structured, thoroughly indexed and user friendly relational database, and automatically generates semantic hyperlinks between all of them so that you are constantly informed of ways all of your information is related that you had not realized.

System Requirements

Essentially the system requirements for Hypernomicon are the same as the system requirements for Java 17 and JavaFX 22 on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

To be installed on Linux, Java 17 or later (the regular version, not headless) must already be installed. Additionally, in some Linux distributions, one or more dependencies may need to be added for the preview window to work (this is because it uses Chromium behind the scenes). For example, in Fedora 30, you may need to add libXScrnSaver or libXScrnSaver-devel (using the command "sudo dnf install"). You can find out the missing dependency(ies) by running Hypernomicon in a terminal window with the command "java -jar Hypernomicon.jar".

How to use Hypernomicon

The best way to learn how to use Hypernomicon is to watch the tutorial videos, starting with the Introductory Tutorial. Also, see the Hypernomicon FAQ document.

Release Notes

Can be found here.

Project Members:

• Jason Winning (admin)