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CLUSTER NOTES-WORKSPACE-ENCRYPTED · 13 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-07-22

Local-first encrypted workspace apps

These three products are local-first, encrypted workspace applications for linking notes, tasks, and documents, with an emphasis on privacy and Markdown support. Their dated entries before the index start appear sporadically from May 2025 to June 2026, with the highest monthly count of two in June 2026, though the overall pattern is too irregular to call a trend. Traction is led by Memodo and DropVault, both at one star, with vault at zero.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAR 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 4SEP 2026: 4OCT 2026: 3
MAR 2026OCT 2026

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 · 13 unlabelled

Operator · 6 hobby · 1 commercial · 2 open source · 4 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01MarkLock2★4 days—Desktop Markdown editor that encrypts all content locally with strong encryption and requires a password for access, ensuring private notes remain on device.
  2. 02personal-workbench1★24 days—hobbyPrivacy-first Windows app for managing local scripts and website bookmarks with a local data store and optional desktop client.
  3. 03PrivEdit1★10 days—hobbyEncrypted text editor for Windows that saves each note as a self-contained executable file containing the document and editor.
  4. 04product-manual0★5 days—hobbyLocal-first Windows desktop workspace for organizing notes, bookmarks, and encrypted account records with offline storage.
  5. 05astraeaworkspace0★17 dayslivecommercialOffice and productivity suite with native apps for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and collaboration, focused on local encrypted storage and privacy.
  6. 06Anytype0★1 moliveopen sourceLocal-first encrypted workspace application for creating and linking notes, tasks, and documents across devices.
  7. 07audit0★11 dayslivehobbyPassword-protected web app that gives collaborators a shared workspace to audit and review content.
  8. 08flint-notes-public0★19 days—hobbyEncrypted Markdown workspace for writing and connecting notes, syncing a local folder, and publishing selected notes through a browser interface.
  9. 09AppFlowy0★26 daysliveopen sourceOpen-source workspace application for organizing notes, tasks, and databases as a privacy-focused alternative to hosted note tools.
  10. 10Launch-Forge1★2 mo—Collaborative web workspace for managing dev projects, team permissions, encrypted secrets, API keys, files, and activity logs.
  11. 11knowledge-workspace0★4 molivehobbyWorkspace app for creating and organizing rich-text documents with authentication, permission-aware workspaces, and autosave for personal or team use.
  12. 12Quarto Editor PE — ローカルファーストのQuartoワークスペース0★unknownliveLocal-first workspace for combining writing, code, and diagrams in one note, with automatic saving to the user's device.
  13. 13Fileverse | Privacy-First & Self-Sovereign Collaboration Suite0★unknownliveDecentralized collaboration suite offering end-to-end encrypted documents, file sharing, and team workspaces as a privacy-first alternative to mainstream office tools.

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.