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Work · February 9, 2016

FromScratch

A simple but smart note-taking app

FromScratch launched on February 9, 2016 with 109 votes, #369 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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What it does

FromScratch is a little app that you can use as a quick note taking or todo app. FromScratch is cross-platform and open source. Downloads available for: Source code is available at Github . You can report issues and send pull requestsfrom fromscratch.rocks

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