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Zennotes

Open-source alternative toOObsidianCCraft

ZenNotes is a keyboard-first Markdown notes app for writing, organizing, searching, and previewing local files, with tasks, daily notes, diagrams, and.

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Last 7 days

2,308

HostingSelf-hostable

LicenseMIT

LanguageTypeScript

Last commitAug 14, 2026

Latest releaseAug 14, 2026

Release frequency20 per month

Contributors15

Stars2,308

Forks124

Issues129

What it does

ZenNotes is a keyboard-first Markdown notes application that stores notes as ordinary files in a user-selected vault. Its documented workflows include quick capture, editing, split and preview modes, Vim navigation, folders, tags, search, archive and trash, tasks, daily and weekly notes, diagrams, mathematical notation, and local asset handling.

The product is distributed as an Electron desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and also provides a self-hosted web app backed by a Go server. Docker deployment is documented with mounted vault and data directories, local authentication, configurable ports, and browser access on a LAN or home server. A command-line companion and MCP server are included for terminal and tool integrations.

Capabilities

#Connected note vault creation

#Local data storage

#Graph and full-text search

#Note-to-shareable-document workflow

#Tasks and reminders

#Daily notes and journal

#Cross-device apps

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NNodeJS
JJavaScript
GGitHub Actions
TTypeScript
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CCodeMirror
CCSS
GGolang
JJSX

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