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Dev tools · October 24, 2023

Quilly – A simple, open-source personal knowledge management app

I wanted a simple note-taking/personal knowledge management app. Existing tools like Notion, Obsidian etc. felt too complicated for me. So, I created Quilly - a straightforward, fast, and private note-taking app. Here's what it offers: - It's open source. - It uses Markdown, so you're not locked in with a specific platform. - Your notes are saved locally. - You can tag your notes. - It supports code highlighting.

Quilly – A simple, open-source personal knowledge management app launched on October 24, 2023 with 5 votes, #1,683 of 4,393 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

What it does

A simple privacy-first, self-hosted, markdown based note taking webapp, written in python. - aks579/quilly

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