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HelixNotes

HelixNotes is a local markdown note-taking app built with Rust, Tauri 2.0, and SvelteKit. Your notes are standard .md files on your filesystem - sync with whatever you want or nothing at all.

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
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Features

Properties

  1.  Support for Themes
  2.  Lightweight
  3.  Privacy focused
  4.  Distraction-free

Features

  1.  No registration required
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Support for MarkDown
  6.  Full-Text Search
  7.  Calendar View
  8.  No Tracking
  9.  File Tagging
  10.  WYSIWYG Support
  11.  Hierarchical Structure
  12.  Built-in viewer
  13.  WebDAV Support
  14.  Save as Markdown
  15.  Live Preview
  16.  Cloud Sync
  17.  Syntax Highlighting
  18.  File Versioning
  19.  Automatic Backup
  20.  Subtasks
  21.  Search by tags
  22.  Note organization
  23.  Offline
  24.  Integrated Search
  25.  WebDAV Sync
  26.  Graph view
  27.  Focus Mode
  28.  Multiplatform
  29.  Text search feature
  30.  Export to PDF
  31.  Hyperlinks
  32.  Graphs
  33.  Tagging
  34.  Local Storage
  35.  Bidirectional links
  36.  Nested Folders
  37.  Wiki

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Davi-Jorge
2

What us all want : File based , simple and beautiful.

r3tr0g4m3r
1

Best FOSS alternative to Obsidian, even imports directly.

HealthAndWealth
1

Great app if you want a local way to store Markdown documents. It could use some QoL improvements, but overall it looks great and works well.

davi-jorge-arte
1

It's the best note taking app that I've found after years ! Use Syncthing and that is it : Future proof cross-platform note taking ! And it's beautiful ! Go out of Joplin !

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What is HelixNotes?

HelixNotes is a local markdown note-taking app built with Rust, Tauri 2.0, and SvelteKit. Your notes are standard .md files on your filesystem - sync with whatever you want or nothing at all.

Features: rich markdown editor with formatting toolbar and slash commands, full-text search powered by Tantivy, graph view for visualizing note connections via wiki-links, AI writing tools (bring your own Anthropic or OpenAI key), per-note version history with diff view, dark/light themes with 8 accent colors, and more.

Available for Linux (AppImage, APT, AUR), Windows, and macOS. Open source, AGPL-3.0.

HelixNotes information

Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about HelixNotes, and it has gotten 29 likes

HelixNotes was added to AlternativeTo by Yuri Karamian on and this page was last updated .