TapNote
Instant, self-hosted publishing with Markdown
TapNote launched on February 12, 2025 with 14 votes, #1,075 of 5,999 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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TapNote is a minimalist, self-hosted publishing platform inspired by Telegra.ph, focusing on instant Markdown-based content creation. It provides a distraction-free writing experience with instant publishing capabilities.
Instant, self-hosted publishing with Markdown. Contribute to vorniches/tapnote development by creating an account on GitHub.
TapNote is a minimalist, self-hosted publishing platform inspired by Telegra.ph, focusing on instant Markdown-based content creation. It provides a distraction-free writing experience with instant publishing capabilities, making it perfect for quick notes, blog posts, or documentation sharing. Check out the report on creating TapNote on dev.to or YouTube . git clone https://github.com/vorniches/tapnote.git cd tapnote Start the application using Docker: chmod +x setup.sh ./setup.sh Access TapNote at http://localhost:9009 Examples # Heading 1 Some paragraph text here. ![ Image ] ( https://themepreview.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/boat.jpg ) ## Heading 2 Another paragraph of text with…from github.com
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