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Offline-first encrypted notepad with built-in Gemini AI
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I finally built this app after many years of being sick of unlocking my phone every goddamn time I need to take or view my notes. It particularly sucks when I'm doing my grocery and going down the list. I started building last year June. This is a native app written in Kotlin. And since I'm a 100% Web dev guy, I gotta say this wouldn't have been possible without this AI to assist me. So this isn't "vibe-coded". I simply used the chat interface in Gemini website, manually copy paste codes to build and integrate every single thing in the app! I used gemini to build it just because I was…
Mar 2026 · joonote.com
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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…
2022 · museapp.com
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2018 · umbrellanote.com
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Notes, tasks, calendar, and AI in one E2E encrypted app.
Jul 2026 · notte.com
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Secure, Private Offline Notes for Students, Teacher & Pros
Jan 2026 · vaultnote.saposs.com
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2022 · github.com
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Private AI notes and knowledge base, offline-first
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com
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2019 · github.com
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Write, pin, and organize notes with Dark Mode & Recovery
Jan 2026 · play.google.com
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Secure offline-first encrypted notes for total privacy. 🔐
Apr 2026 · play.google.com
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2021 · privanote.xyz
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