--- title: a canvas for your notes | daily.dev description: Passinote is a freeform canvas-based note-taking app that lets users drop notes, documents, and labels anywhere without grids or folders. Users can stack and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-canvas-for-your-notes-awzpfusse twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: a canvas for your notes | daily.dev og:description: Passinote is a freeform canvas-based note-taking app that lets users drop notes, documents, and labels anywhere without grids or folders. Users can stack and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-canvas-for-your-notes-awzpfusse og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aWzpFUSSe.png og:image:alt: a canvas for your notes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # a canvas for your notes **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Passinote is a freeform canvas-based note-taking app that lets users drop notes, documents, and labels anywhere without grids or folders. Users can stack and group related thoughts, draw named zones for instant structure, and export selections to PDF. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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