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ZeroNote - Open-and-Write, No sign-up, Local-First Notes

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    Zero knowledge self destructing notes

    Jan 2026

  2. 2HA

    Hey! I made Heynote entirely for my own use case. For many years, I always had an Emacs instance running with the scratch buffer open, even long after I had abandoned Emacs as my programming editor in favor of more recent IDE:s. The simplicity of having just one big scratch buffer appeals to me, but I still want to separate the different things I jot down somehow (without using tabs or similar). Previously, my solution was to insert a bunch of blank lines between the notes, but hitting C-A would still select the entire buffer. That's why I came up with the concept of "blocks", which turned…

    2023 · heynote.com

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    Fast note-taking and knowledge sharing

    2022

  4. 4ME

    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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    Dumbnote141

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

    2025

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    MinkNote157

    Private macOS notes built on plain Markdown files

    Jul 2026 · muse23.com

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    The collaborative note-taking app

    2020

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    Notes app that puts privacy first

    2018

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    Minimalist note taking app

    2025

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    SideNotes311

    Quick notes on screen edge

    2025

  11. 11S2

    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

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    Your ideas, organized - not uploaded

    Jul 2026 · browsernotes.xyz

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    xNotes80

    For those who browse and write notes a lot 📝

    2018

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    DoneNote253

    Leave notes straight on the web page with your entire team

    2023

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    The anti-Evernote. Fast, dead-simple note-taking.

    2019

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    In-browser private notepad, no signup required, free forever

    Jan 2026

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    The beautifully simple note-taking app. Now on the Web.

    2017

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    Justwrite122

    A private, local-first writing space that works offline

    Jun 2026 · justwrite.sbs

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    Minimal166

    A meditation inspired writing app for effective notes

    2021

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    A simple neumorphic notes app

    2020

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    A simple and private notes app.

    2017

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    Encrypt and send files and notes which self-destruct.

    2019

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    Simple yet powerful note-taking app for Chrome

    2019

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