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Products that do what Onyka does

Self-hosted note app. Real-time collab, ephemeral Sparks.

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    Notea288

    Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion

    2021

  2. 2AO
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    Kraa 1.0359

    The writing app for everything

    Dec 2025 · kraa.io

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    OpenNotas379

    The best personal note-taking app, fast, secure & free

    2024

  5. 5OS

    2025 · rlama.dev

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    Kompad278

    An open-source note-taking app for devs

    2024

  7. 7ME

    I wanted to see how far I could go building a notes app using only what modern browsers already provide – no frameworks, no storage APIs, no build step. What it does: Single HTML file, no deps, 111 loc Notes live in the URL hash (shareable links!) Auto-compressed with CompressionStream Plain-text editor (contenteditable) History support Page title from first # heading Respects light/dark mode No storage, cookies, or tracking The entire app is the page source. https://textarea.my/

    Dec 2025 · github.com

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    The all-in-one workspace - notes, tasks, wikis, & databases

    2018

  9. 9NC

    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

  10. 10M2

    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

  11. 11IM

    This project began when I realized that despite trying many fantastic note-taking apps, I often defaulted to dumping notes into chat apps like Slack or iMessage. I wanted to bring that effortless “text yourself” note-taking experience to a dedicated note-taking app. Originally developed as a macOS app, Strflow is now also available for iOS. Strflow is designed to make note-taking as quick and intuitive as possible, centered around a chronological timeline UI. Here are some of its features: * Tag system * Rich editor with text formatting, images, and note linking * Global shortcuts for quick…

    2024 · strflow.app

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    MinkNote157

    Private macOS notes built on plain Markdown files

    Jul 2026 · muse23.com

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    Sparky246

    Guided journaling and reflection

    2024

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    Create and manage full-stack micro-apps with AI prompts

    2024

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    Simple no hassle notes app in a beautiful material design

    2017

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    Dumbnote141

    Offline-first Markdown note app. No lock-in. Just write.

    2025

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    A calm writing app with no complexity and no AI

    May 2026 · magic-notebook.com

  18. 18UN
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    Notes written in pen at scale

    2020

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    Keeps chains of notes for free

    2019

  21. 21NS
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    Your notes become AI memory. Local-only, no subscription.

    Mar 2026 · rhcwlq89.github.io

  23. 23FD

    Hey Everyone, been working on a note-taking app called janta (Just Another Note Taking App) the past few months. You can try it out at app.janta.dev (you will be redirected to app.janta.dev/canvas/temporary, which is the locally-stored whiteboard you can access) I felt limited with OneNote, Excalidraw, and other infinite-canvas style apps, so I built an alternative. You have access to code-editors, Desmos graphs, and rich text editors (SlateJS). This is because the canvas is designed in a way that allows web components to exist on the same layer as pen-strokes, so you can annotate…

    Sep 2025 · app.janta.dev

  24. 24AN

    I built a desktop app for conversing with Apple Notes locally on device because the normal Apple Notes Search sucks - and because I live in Apple Notes.

    2025 · notechat.app

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