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24 alternatives to SecNote
E2EE Burn-After-Read Notes Stored in RAM
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Burner Note▲222In 2021 after getting thoroughly sick of Privnote, i built "Burner Note". Even though i didn't promote it in anyway other than a post here and a post on reddit, it ended up getting about 7000(ish) unique users per month. I kinda let it die about 18 months ago but i've resurrected it with some big upgrades. Most botable the app is now truly end to end encrypted (previously was just server side), and I've added dark mode as well as a few other bells and whistles. Feedback welcomed.
Jan 2026 · burnernote.com · its alternatives →
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SafeNote 2.0▲102Encrypt and send files and notes which self-destruct.
2019 · safenote.co · its alternatives →
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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 · its alternatives →
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Stasher is a tiny CLI tool that lets you share encrypted secrets that burn after reading — no accounts, no logins, no servers to trust. I built it because I just wanted to share a password. Not spin up infra. Not register for some "secure" web app. Not trust Slack threads. Just send a secret. Secrets are encrypted client-side with AES-256-GCM. You get a `uuid:key` token to share. Once someone reads it, it's gone. If they don't read it in 10 minutes, it expires and deleted. Everything is verifiable. Every release is signed, SLSA-attested, SBOM-included, and logged in the Rekor transparency…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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End-to-end encrypted notes that sync everywhere
Oct 2025 · app.typelets.com · its alternatives →
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SafeNote▲24Send notes that will self-destruct after being read
2018 · safenote.co · its alternatives →
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SealNotes▲14Secure notepad with rich text & password encryption
2024 · sealnotes.com · its alternatives →
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Securely share secrets, sensitive info in JSM requests
2024 · marketplace.atlassian.com · its alternatives →
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Self-destructing encrypted messages, files & screenshots
Jul 2026 · secretnote.eu · its alternatives →
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Free, end-to-end encrypted notes that burn instantly.
Jul 2026 · scorchnote.com · its alternatives →
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End-to-end encrypted notes with zero-knowledge architecture.
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I built hidetext.sh — a way to share text, code, and files through links the server can't read. How it works: your browser generates a random key and encrypts everything locally (NaCl secretbox, XSalsa20-Poly1305). Only ciphertext is uploaded. The key goes into the URL fragment — the part after # — which browsers never send to servers. The link carries the key, my server stores the locked box, and the two only meet in a browser. A design detail I'm fairly happy with: burn-after-read doesn't destroy the paste on the first HTTP request. The naive version means a Slack or iMessage link…
Jul 2026 · hidetext.sh · its alternatives →
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