TakeNote
The facts below are what the maker publishes about TakeNote, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from TakeNote's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Availability
- The hosted version is a demo and does not sync notes to the cloud.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Editing
- It provides plain-text notes, Markdown preview, syntax highlighting, and Markdown formatting with Prettier.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Editing tools
- The app supports keyboard shortcuts and multi-cursor editing with CodeMirror options.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Editor
- The editor includes syntax highlighting, multi-cursor editing, keyboard shortcuts, and drag-and-drop organization.checked 12 Oct 2026
- GitHub integration
- A self-hosted option can sync notes to a GitHub repository; this integration is unavailable in the demo.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integration
- A self-hosted version can sync notes to a private GitHub repository; that integration is not available in the demo.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- GitHubchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Intended audience
- The project describes itself as a notes app made for developers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The app describes itself as made for developers and provides an IDE-like note-taking environment.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Linked notes
- Notes can link to one another using a {{uuid}} syntax.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Markdown
- It offers a Markdown preview that displays rendered HTML and can prettify Markdown with Prettier.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The project is available under the MIT License.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Organization
- Users can link notes, search across notes or within a category, and drag notes into categories, favorites, or trash.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Plain text
- It provides plain-text notes in an IDE-like environment.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The project says it has no tracking or analytics.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Product
- TakeNote is a web-based notes app for developers and is available as a demo project.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- TakeNote is a web-based note-taking app for developers.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Search
- Users can search all notes or search within a category.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The source includes a Node and Express version that users can host themselves, but its author says they do not provide support or guidance for that use.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Storage
- The demo stores notes temporarily in browser local storage, and users can download them as a Markdown ZIP.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project page says the maker does not provide support or guidance for self-hosting.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Tracking
- The product page states that TakeNote has no tracking or analytics.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The GitHub repository lists Tania Rascia as its author.checked 13 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- web,self_hostedchecked 21 Sep 2026
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