I built VaultNote, a local-first note-taking app that runs entirely in the browser.
Key ideas:
- 100% local-first: no backend or server - No login, accounts, or tracking - Notes stored locally in IndexedDB / LocalStorage - AES encryption with a single master password - Tree-structured notes for organizing knowledge
The goal was to create a simple note app where your data never leaves your device. You can open the site, enter a master password, and start writing immediately.
Since everything is stored locally, VaultNote also supports import/export so you can back up your data.
Curious to hear feedback from the HN community, especially on:
- the security approach (local AES encryption) - IndexedDB storage design - local-first UX tradeoffs
Demo: https://vaultnote.saposs.com
Thanks!
Imustaskforhelp•5h ago
* It seems that it focuses way too much on the pricing. 49$ for something as such might be against the core idea of this because its way easier to trust something Open source in this regards and I hope you realize it as well. Undo/Redo are genuine features which don't sit right with me to pay for such functionality
* Please open source it
If this app was something like obsidian, I would've understood its point but unfortunately I don't prefer the UI. An Open source note-taking app (although not in browser) is logseq which I actually used to use! It was good and I am unable to find aside from the idea that this works in browser
See Logseq demo here!: https://demo.logseq.com/ [Undo/Redo works in it]
Another point but I know that you have to take password sometime or other, have a minor option of adding password directly generation which can show and a demo option say similar to logseq which doesn't have me want to enter a password to see your app because most people are unfortunately gonna close it in terms of Show HN
Hope this helps! Good luck
> Curious to hear feedback from the HN community, especially on:
> - the security approach (local AES encryption) - IndexedDB storage design - local-first UX tradeoffs
I don't have much feedback on this but IIRC indexedDB itself is a PITA. There was this library whose name I have forgotten which I have heard could although make IndexedDB work like a breeze.
Actually, I have created something similar (minus indexedDB part) and one of the things that I did was have a piping server be connected[0]
So the idea is that you can write whatever you want and its all local (actually open source) and then what you do is that you can write anything you want. Afterwards, you can have a top piping-server link[1] and it can then pass the data that you wrote from your browser into any server using it. I'd suggest you to look into piping-server.
[0]: https://serjaimelannister.github.io/monopipe/
[1]: https://github.com/nwtgck/piping-server [ Infinitely transfer between every device over pure HTTP with pipes or browsers ]
I had actually made this project first using LLM's but then to better understand , I ended up rewriting it myself and learnt quite a bit about typeform and actually my rewrite had a very hacky solution but it was also fun trying to do it.