LiteNotes
Markdown notes that are just files.
A tiny native note-taking app for Linux. The sidebar mirrors a folder of Markdown files on disk, organised into vaults and folders, with fast search, live editing and autosave. Your notes stay plain files you own.
Work
Projects
Meetings
Personal
Recipes
Travel
Weekly planning
Goals
What it does
Plain Markdown files
Vaults and folders on disk; use any other tool alongside it.
Search everything
Names and text across one vault or all of them, with matches highlighted.
Edit in place
Read mode and edit mode, saved automatically a second after you stop typing.
Keyboard first
Shortcuts for new notes, folders, search, bold, italic and links.
Made for
Linux users who want Obsidian-style notes without Electron.
Pricing
Free.
Built on NexusLayer
LiteNotes is designed, built and operated by NexusLayer. Here is what it runs on.
- Native GTK4A single Python file on GTK4 and libadwaita that follows the system theme.