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Products that do what Write.app - Private digital notebooks does

1JP
JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app▲268
2019 · journalbook.co.uk
2AO
An open source note-taking app that respects your privacy▲53
2013 · janusnotes.com
3
Paragraphs▲272
A minimalist writing app for Mac
2015
4
Justwrite▲122
A private, local-first writing space that works offline
Jun 2026 · justwrite.sbs
5CP
CLI plain-text notes & bookmarks with Git, sync, encryption, and more▲240
2020 · github.com
6
Magic Notebook▲82
A calm writing app with no complexity and no AI
May 2026 · magic-notebook.com
7
Mini Diary▲144
Simple and secure journal app
2019
8PI
Pen.io▲108
2011 · pen.io
9LA
LightWrite, A Free Online WriteRoom Clone▲47
2011 · gun.io
10
Typewrite▲103
Real-time collaborative writing
2014
11KN
Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub▲179
2017 · kobble.io
12LA
Logseq – A roam like open-source plaintext note-taking app▲65
2020 · logseq.com
13N
NotebookJS▲45
2016 · notebookjs.com
14WM
Writt – Make and publish notes from Telegram▲77
2018 · writt.glitch.me
15
Writer▲81
Beautiful, secure and fast text editor and notes app.
2021
16NM
Note, my simple command-line note taking app▲81
2021 · github.com
17UN
Umbrella Note – Simple app for notes and journals▲71
2018 · umbrellanote.com
18WF
Writer – Free, secure Markdown notes app for iOS/iPadOS▲7
2021 · apps.apple.com
19DE
Dnote – E2E encrypted command line notebook▲7
2019 · github.com
20AN
A note taking application that encrypts in the browser▲58
2015 · github.com
21SI
Startwriting.in – a simple privacy conscious private journal▲8
2015 · startwriting.in
22CO
CrushPaper – Open-Source Workflowy and Evernote for Writers, Students▲56
2015 · crushpaper.com
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Hi▲62
A real-time writing community.
2014
24NA
Notesnook – A cross-platform privacy focused zero-knowledge notes app▲32
2021 · notesnook.com

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