Hello! I’m Abdullah Atta, the co-founder of Notesnook. I’m actually, actually excited to share this information with the dev.to group. We have now formally open sourced all of our consumer apps (sync server to be open sourced quickly) on GitHub. We might love if the group chimes in & help us on this new journey!
A totally open supply & end-to-end encrypted observe taking various to Evernote.
An end-to-end encrypted observe taking various to Evernote.
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Overview
Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open supply observe taking app targeted on person privateness & ease of use. To make sure zero data rules, Notesnook encrypts every thing in your system utilizing XChaCha20-Poly1305 & Argon2.
Notesnook is our proof that privateness does not (all the time) have to return at the price of comfort. Our aim is to supply customers peace of thoughts & 100% confidence that their notes are secure and safe. The choice to go totally open supply is among the most important steps in direction of that.
This repository comprises all of the code required to construct & use the Notesnook net, desktop…
What’s Notesnook?
Notesnook began out as a ardour undertaking again in 2019 (3 years after Customary Notes) after I acquired actually pissed off by the dearth of fine, usable & privateness observe taking apps out there. It may not sound like a ache level to you however privateness is a important problem in right this moment’s digital world & my notes include my most non-public ideas. In the event you do not share this opinion, I do not blame you.
Google has popularized the “100% free” idea in nearly all markets. Take a look at Google Preserve, Gmail, Calendar, Maps & the entire GSuite. Most of it’s supplied freed from cost. Why? Are they loopy? It is not sensible till you understand that Google is primarily an Advertisements firm. They thrive on person information.
If it is free, you’re paying together with your information.
Notesnook is our tackle how observe taking ought to be achieved. It options 100% end-to-end encrypted sync (free & limitless for all), encrypted attachments (limitless storage for as little as $0.99/mo) & encrypted publishing of notes (once more free for all). It’s a totally cross-platform app constructed utilizing React & React Native with a main concentrate on characteristic parity. In reality, all our shoppers have 99% characteristic parity (one thing no different observe taking app can declare).
Why open supply? Why now?
The reality is that we’re late to the occasion. Notesnook was our first rodeo & we did not understand how necessary open sourcing is for our customers to encourage belief & confidence till a lot, a lot later. Higher late than by no means although, proper?
Our mission is to make Notesnook a high quality product within the open supply house like Docker, Nginx, PostHog and so on. After we began out Notesnook, we requested ourselves 1 query:
Is it potential to create a privateness respecting observe taking service with out compromising on comfort & usability?
And right here is our proof.
What sort of open supply?
We’re open sourcing Notesnook beneath (A)GPL-3.0-or-later. We is not going to tolerate any compromise on our customers’ freedom, privateness & peace of thoughts.
We open sourced Notesnook on September 1 and the response has been large thus far. I summarized our total skilled on this tweet (would love when you give a comply with!)
Open sourcing Notesnook was the best resolution. In simply 1 day we acquired:– 300+ stars on the GitHub repo
– 3000+ views on our web site (300% enhance)
– 50+ new subscribers
– 500+ new followersHere is how we did it.
22:16 PM – 02 Sep 2022
How will you assist?
We’re a small firm primarily based in Pakistan totally self-funded with none VC backing us. We do not have 1000’s of {dollars} for advert income or influential patrons who’ll push us to the sting. All we now have is platforms like these.
We might love when you can star our GitHub repo, grow to be a contributor, unfold the phrase of privateness & inform others about your expertise with Notesnook. When you’ve got a platform (podcast, weblog, and so on.), we might like to get featured. If you would like to collaborate with us, we’re listening.
That is all. I hope Notesnook will make a distinction.
— Might privateness reign
