Encrypted Notes
The risk
Why this matters
Apple Notes, Google Keep, Notion, and Evernote can read your notes. Journals, passwords, medical notes, legal strategies — stored in plaintext on someone else's server. Your most private thoughts deserve encryption.
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What to use
E2E encrypted notes with long-term support philosophy. Open-source.
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Open-source notes with optional E2E encryption. Markdown. France-based.
E2E encrypted collaborative documents. Self-hostable. France-based.
Local-first, E2E encrypted workspace and notes. Swiss. Open-source.
Local-first outliner and knowledge base. Open-source. Files stay on disk.
Setup guide
How to set it up
- 1
Choose based on your workflow: Standard Notes (simple), Joplin (markdown), CryptPad (collaboration)
- 2
Import or migrate your existing notes from Apple Notes, Google Keep, or Notion
- 3
Enable encryption if it's not on by default (Joplin requires setup)