--- title: penxio/penx: A structured note-taking app for personal use. description: PenX is a structured note-taking app designed for personal use. It prioritizes privacy and features local-first data ownership, end-to-end encryption for data... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/penxio-penx-a-structured-note-taking-app-for-personal-use--gmkydfgnm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: penxio/penx: A structured note-taking app for personal use. | daily.dev og:description: PenX is a structured note-taking app designed for personal use. It prioritizes privacy and features local-first data ownership, end-to-end encryption for data... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/penxio-penx-a-structured-note-taking-app-for-personal-use--gmkydfgnm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GMkydfgnm.png og:image:alt: penxio/penx: A structured note-taking app for personal use. 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. # penxio/penx: A structured note-taking app for personal use. **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 89 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary PenX is a structured note-taking app designed for personal use. It prioritizes privacy and features local-first data ownership, end-to-end encryption for data syncing, and GitHub-based version control. The primary tech stack includes Next.js, TypeScript, tRPC, Prisma, NextAuth.js, Slate.js, and IndexedDB. The maker of PenX is 0xZion, a freelancing full-stack developer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ddaypunk** · 9 upvotes > Kinda wish their website showed what it looked like. **@eyoung** · 3 upvotes > The article link takes you to Github not the site, [https://www.penx.io/](https://www.penx.io/) is the correct link not that it's much better... @ddaypunk is correct! --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/penxio-penx-a-structured-note-taking-app-for-personal-use--gmkydfgnm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"penxio/penx: A structured note-taking app for personal use.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/penxio-penx-a-structured-note-taking-app-for-personal-use--gmkydfgnm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/penxio-penx-a-structured-note-taking-app-for-personal-use--gmkydfgnm"},"datePublished":"2023-12-22T09:56:02.395Z","dateModified":"2023-12-22T09:56:00.871Z","description":"PenX is a structured note-taking app designed for personal use. 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