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Work · March 18, 2022

Zen Notes

Like Notion, but much simpler

Zen Notes launched on March 18, 2022 with 135 votes, #238 of 3,153 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

What it does

Zen Notes is a collaboration-ready online note-taking app that lets anyone create and share notes with ease.

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