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Show HN: Notesnook – A cross-platform privacy focused zero-knowledge notes app

32 pointsby thecodrrabout 4 years ago

15 comments

thecodrrabout 4 years ago
Hello everyone, lead developer of Notesnook here.<p>We started out development of Notesnook a year ago with the aim of providing a 100% privacy focused note-taking app. At the time, Standard Notes was getting the spotlight for it&#x27;s privacy fearures. However, it lacked many essential things that we thought were important: 1. Very bad mobile app experience 2. Hard to navigate and use 3. No community 4. No customer-developer communication<p>We built Notesnook to address these short comings. In the process, we realized that note-taking is unnecessarily hard nowadays. With platforms like Notion leading the way, private and personal note-taking has been pushed to the far back.<p>Notesnook brings features like 100% client-side encryption (using Argon2 &amp; xchacha20-ietf-poly1305), an easy to use intuitive user interface (strictly following 2-tap philosophy), sensible organization (through notebooks, topics, tags &amp; colors).<p>We are currently laying the groundwork for features such as:<p>1. Note publishing 2. Secure collaborative note sharing 3. Mobile app widgets 4. Extensions (much like VSCode)<p>There are many more features in the app that you can easily preview on the website: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;notesnook.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;notesnook.com</a><p>We have also set up a Discord server where you can directly come and chat with us: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discord.gg&#x2F;YHkTRDtAuj" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discord.gg&#x2F;YHkTRDtAuj</a><p>Thank you! Hope you like the app. :)
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k1rcherabout 4 years ago
This looks really interesting, will check it out- the privacy aspect is very intriguing.<p>However I must say that I find myself having difficulties adapting to a new note taking environment. I always seem to drift back to simple markdown notes in my preferred editor.<p>Perhaps this is due to ease of access and how efficiently I am able to write markdown. The only real issue I have with this system is organization. It’s very difficult to track down a specific note in a file that I have not worked on recently.<p>For more general note taking and journaling I still prefer pen and paper, but that is a whole other topic of discussion :)
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fermienricoabout 4 years ago
I hate these damn illustrations: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Corporate_memphis" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Corporate_memphis</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eyeondesign.aiga.org&#x2F;dont-worry-these-gangley-armed-cartoons-are-here-to-protect-you-from-big-tech&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eyeondesign.aiga.org&#x2F;dont-worry-these-gangley-armed-...</a><p>It&#x27;s cliche. It is obnoxious. They serve absolutely zero purpose. Get rid of them.
sebmellenabout 4 years ago
How does this compare to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;standardnotes.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;standardnotes.org</a>?
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mrunseenabout 4 years ago
Is it $4.49[1] or $6.99[2]? $6.99 screenshot is from live editor.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;I1irh9a.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;I1irh9a.png</a><p>[2]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;c5hz4eq.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;c5hz4eq.png</a>
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Armicabout 4 years ago
This looks really cool! Any plans to offer one time payment as an alternative to subscriptions? Also heads up clicking login on your main website didn&#x27;t work for me - I had to use signup to go to app.notesnook.com and then switch to the login modal
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thmhnabout 4 years ago
Hi, this looks promising. I&#x27;m currently looking for an app to take study notes, which include a lot of mathematical equations. Would Notesnook support this? Thank you!
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andrewinardeerabout 4 years ago
How can I install this on my Android phone if I am running GraoheneOS which is Google-free? Can I download the app from somewhere?
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avinasshabout 4 years ago
I like the UI, quite slick. One thing I really care about note taking apps is how easy it is take my data out. Do you provide an API?
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jappwilsonabout 4 years ago
Can you please elaborate on the zero knowledge encryption aspect of the app?<p>What crypto algorithm does it utilise for zero knowledge encryption.
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antb123about 4 years ago
I have used CherryTree (AES encryption) + and syncthing for ages on linux.<p>The only limitation is currently doesn&#x27;t run on android.
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samstaveabout 4 years ago
Looks nice - I have been looking for something like this. Currently I have been taking notes in Rstudio.<p>Can I import my bookmarks easily?
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bobbylarrybobbyabout 4 years ago
How easy is it to link to other notes from the current note? This is the main thing keeping me on Notion.
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ammarahm-edabout 4 years ago
This is hot! I will try this one out! Maybe finally I can switch to a something that keeps my data to me.
alphagrep12345about 4 years ago
How does syncing across devices work?
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