CLUSTER NOTE-PRIVACY-TAKING · 24 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-09-16
Local-first private note apps
These nine products form a cluster of desktop note-taking applications that emphasize local storage, privacy, and offline use, often avoiding cloud sync or offering optional sync to self-hosted services. The dated history shows sparse entry points: single products appeared in October 2017, March 2021, September 2023, and July 2025, with two more in June and July 2026, suggesting a slow but consistent release pattern. Traction leaders by activity signal are futo-notes-bin, moye-novel, and notluk, though all show zero stars, indicating minimal outward traction.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 4 unlabelled
Operator · 2 hobby · 2 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 4 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21PageOne - Notes made simpler0★1 yrabandonedlivePrivacy-focused note-taking app that stores notes locally on the phone with a simple interface.
- 22Floaties0★unknownlivehobbyDesktop sticky-note application that stores encrypted notes locally with no cloud sync, aimed at privacy-conscious users wanting a distraction-free workspace.
- 23Linotes0★unknownlivePrivacy-focused notes app for Linux that stores notes as plain Markdown files locally with search, folders, and live sync.
- 24txtNest - Private Text Storage in Your Browser0★unknownlivehobbyNote-taking app that stores all text entries locally in the browser without any server or data collection, for privacy.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.