---
title: "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
source_url: https://github.com/penxio/penx
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2023-12-22T09:56:02.395Z
updated: 2023-12-22T09:56:00.871Z
tags: ["open-source", "privacy", "nextjs"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 89
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# 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: <https://github.com/penxio/penx>

## 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!

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

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