---
title: "Open source & zero knowledge private note taking app"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-zero-knowledge-private-note-taking-app-9wmnmg5pr
source_url: https://notesnook.com/
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2023-12-20T11:40:58.005Z
updated: 2024-04-11T02:15:56.849Z
tags: ["encryption", "open-source", "privacy", "productivity"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 89
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Open source & zero knowledge private note taking app

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 89 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Notesnook is an open-source and zero-knowledge private note-taking app that prioritizes user privacy. It offers end-to-end encryption, encrypted note syncing, password-protected notes vault, web clipping, and more. Users can access their notes on mobile and desktop devices.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@perfectlyfine** · 1 upvotes

> So many gosh darn web apps.
> Native is always faster!

**@odyash** · 0 upvotes

> Check out these links which compare Notesnook with standard notes and obsidian 🙌:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivacyGuides/comments/118lz92/notesnook_vs_standard_notes_vs_obsidian/
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/14v53sv/standard_notes_or_notesnook/
>
> Personally, I use obsidian with one drive for syncing, but I believe it's the least secure option out of the 3.

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Tags: [#encryption](https://daily.dev/tags/encryption), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity)

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