Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Muse 2.0 with local-first sync
Hey HN, I want to share with you something I and my four colleagues have been working on for the last several years. It’s a whiteboarding and notes tool called Muse[1]. We just released a 2.0 version which includes local-first sync. A little backstory: I’m one of the authors of the 2019 essay Local-first software[2]. (Past HN discussions[3][4].) The thesis is to reclaim some of the ownership over our data that we’ve lost in the transition from filesystems to cloud/SaaS. So I’m excited to bring CRDT technology “out of the lab” and into a commercial product as a chance to prove the value…
Muse 2.0 is a whiteboarding and notes application built with local-first sync technology, allowing users to maintain ownership of their data while working offline or on unstable networks. Designed for teams and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Muse 2.0 with local-first sync launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN – we first launched Supernotes[1] to HN in April 2020, and since then Tobias and I (it's just the two of us) have put in the work to make what we hope is an amazing note-taking app. Although the note-taking / personal knowledge management landscape is incredibly competitive at the moment (with lots of great apps adding great new features every day), we think that with the newly released Supernotes 2 we're keeping pace and delivering a unique and satisfying knowledge management experience. Here's the combination of features that make us stand out: - a powerful markdown-based…
2022 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →
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Day One 2.0▲266Ground-up rewrite of the best journal for Mac and iPhone
2016 · dayoneapp.com · its alternatives →
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Muse▲589Sites & eCom so easy, Grandma can do. Bento meets Gumroad.
2025 · muse.io · its alternatives →
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Muse for Setapp▲253Clear thinking now in Dark mode, calm your mind & your eyes
2024 · allume.com · its alternatives →
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NoteCove▲82I built NoteCove because I wanted notes and tasks that sync across devices without the data going to a SaaS company. The sync works through files on your own iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or Dropbox — there's no NoteCove server in the sync path. The tricky part was making this reliable. I ended up using CRDTs (specifically Yjs) for conflict resolution, which handles the case where you edit the same note on your phone offline and your laptop offline — both edits merge without losing either. It has a full task management system alongside notes: custom states, kanban boards, parent/child…
May 2026 · notecove.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · launch-preview.museapp.com · its alternatives →
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Museboard▲136Moodboarding made simple—for creators, by a creator
2025 · museboard.co · its alternatives →
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Thank you for your comments, just some context: - The app is available for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and the Web. - The Web version is implemented as a Progressive Web Application that is very responsive, local first, offline first, can be installed, and is entirely free to use. - Native (hybrid) versions do not require subscription fees and have small one-time payment. - You can store your notes in Git using any Git provider such as GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. However, it has the best built-in integration with GitHub. Self-hosted scenarios like Gitea are also…
2024 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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HyNote for Mac▲368Free local transcription that is 100% Private
Aug 2026 · hynote.ai · its alternatives →
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Next-gen headless CMS: unlock your content's full potential
2024 · hygraph.com · its alternatives →
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A note-keeping web app based on Fossil SCM. Contribute to rguiscard/fossil-notebook-demo development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Look, every journaling app out there wants you to organize things into folders and tags and templates. I just wanted to write something down every day. So I built this. One note per day. That's the whole deal. - Can't edit yesterday. What's done is done. Keeps you from fussing over old entries instead of writing today's. - Year view with dots showing which days you actually wrote. It's a streak chart. Works better than it should. - No signup required. Opens right up, stores everything locally in your browser. Optional cloud sync if you want it - E2E encrypted with AES-GCM, zero-knowledge,…
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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Muse for Teams▲122Your infinite canvas for planning and strategy
2023 · museapp.com · its alternatives →
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File manager + CRDT Note Editor. Contribute to notebox/nbfm development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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NotesHub 3.3▲135Fully cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
2024 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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Sync your artboards and see how they evolve over time.
2017 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built Note API Connector, a tool that lets you import and sync data from any API into Notion with just a few clicks. It's useful for building live dashboards, tracking metrics, syncing CRM data, and managing structured content inside Notion. It’s the result of several months of building, testing, and writing tutorials to make it beginner-friendly. I’d love your feedback, especially on what features or improvements you'd like to see next.
2025 · noteapiconnector.com · its alternatives →
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