itsnotes
A self-hosted Google Keep alternative with a masonry layout, month timeline markers, folders, list views and two-way Markdown sync.
itsnotes is a self-hosted Google Keep alternative. It keeps the familiar masonry layout but overhauls navigation for large note collections: the feed is broken up by month markers, with quick-search panels for colours and tags, basic folders and a proper list view. It imports Google Takeout exports and text files, and offers two-way sync with a folder of Markdown files so you can live in Obsidian or VS Code. It is built with React, Node.js, PostgreSQL and Socket.io, and tagged by its author as vibecoded.
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The login page hands you demo creds right there (itsnotes/itspassword), so I got into the real app in seconds, no signup needed. Masonry layout reflows across five columns, nested folders work (I made a sub-folder inside a folder), and the month-timeline jump menu gave accurate per-month counts. Markdown sync is only partial though: bold, italic and inline code render live, but a '# heading' stays as literal text and only the first bullet in a list converts. Also caught the sticky month-divider duplicating itself mid-scroll for a second. Demo state resets every couple of minutes, so nothing I made stuck around, but the core editor is clearly real.
Sloppy. (have to write at least 20 chars)