NoteTrace is a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep, Evernote and Apple Notes: notes, checklists and reminders in a card grid, on your own server. AGPL-3.0, a single Docker container, a web app that works offline, a native Android app, and a Wear OS app. No telemetry, no cloud. This is the first stable release.

Part of the TraceApps family: NutriTrace (nutrition), CookTrace (recipes / pantry / shopping), LiftTrace (strength / lifting).

What it does

  • Notes and checklists. Pins, colors, nested labels, archive, trash, version history, and full-text search that also finds words in voice transcripts and in photos.
  • Reminders and Tasks. Repeating reminders that keep their local time, exact alarms on Android, and one view of everything that’s due.
  • Offline everywhere. The installed web app keeps editing with no connection and syncs later; Android and the watch work offline too.
  • Wear OS. Tick off lists, read notes, see what’s due, and speak a note (“call the plumber tomorrow at nine” sets the reminder), with a tile and a watch face complication.
  • Voice notes and drawings. Record with the screen off and get a transcript you can tap to jump to.
  • Bring your notes with you. Import from Google Keep, Evernote, Memos, Blinko and Markdown vaults; export everything as Markdown with images.
  • Optional AI. Tidy up, summarise, or turn a note into a checklist, with the provider of your choice. Off unless you set it up.

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AI Disclosure

Per Rule 7 / [AIP] disclosure requirements AI was used during development as a coding assistant. Level per category:

  • Design (architecture, system design): Hint: I make the architectural calls; AI suggests trade-offs and edge cases I might have missed.
  • Implementation (production code): Pair: roughly 50/50. AI drafts, I review, adjust, test on real hardware, and only commit what I’ve verified. Every commit is manually reviewed before it goes to my dev repo.
  • Testing (writing tests, test plans, QA): Assisted: real-device testing is manual (I test on my own PC and mobile devices before every release). AI helps draft test plans and think through edge cases.
  • Documentation (docs, comments, README, CHANGELOG): Pair: release notes and changelog entries are drafted with AI then edited for tone; comments and code docs are mostly Pair as well.
  • Review (code review, PR feedback): Assisted: I’m the reviewer; AI helps with security sweeps, audit passes on complex changes, and consistency checks.
  • Deployment (CI/CD config): Hint: Docker/GitHub Actions/release pipeline is largely conventional; AI-suggested improvements only.
  • James R Kirk@startrek.websiteEnglish
    8·
    2 个月前

    Google Keep is my white whale of self hosted apps. The vibe coding aspect gives me pause as I have been burned before but it is too promising to turn down so I’ll give it a shot!

    • TraceApps@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      2 个月前

      Please do! Google Keep was my go to, and for self hosting i did enjoy Blinko. I feel this is the best of both worlds! Let me know your thoughts. I do my best to continue to improve my apps and implement bug fixes, new features, and be as responsive as time allows me.

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 个月前

      Good eye, but I find that part of the rule to be rather odd. It’s like saying you can’t seed your own Blu-ray rip before seeding someone else’s Blu-ray rip first, when it’s actually the spreading of the movie itself that everyone wants. At least in my mind.

      Is there a good rationale for this part of the rule?

  • Lemmert@reddthat.comEnglish
    1·
    1 个月前

    I just spun up a container and works well. Same story for the Android app. Are there plans to put the app on an F-droid repository? Currently I keep it updated with Obsidian. Also, are there plans for Kanban support?

    Overall I’m a big fan. I might replace my Vikunja container with this in the weekend!

    Also to nitpick: the purple top bar looks perfectly at home on the Android app, but it does feel out of place on desktop when accessing the website

    • TraceApps@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 个月前

      Glad you are liking it so far! Yes i have thought about adding Kanban support, but i am not sure if its the right fit to implement in the app. Will surely continue to think about and consider it for the future! I’ve been thinking about putting all my apps on F-Droid, so i will say coming soon!. With respect to the color… you can change it to literally whatever you want in Settings under Apperance, so you are not stuck to the purple if you prefer something else.