Claunote

Notes without the nonsense

Every note is a plain markdown file on disk — no database, ever. Full GitHub Flavored Markdown, an installable PWA, and nothing locking your notes in.

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Real database-less notes. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere — it's all running in your browser.

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This is not a screenshot. It's the real UI, live — create a note, switch between them, use the full toolbar, toggle Writer/Markdown, even delete one. (This is a demo of a few core features, not the full app — full-content search, import/export, and more are only in the real thing.)

Why

Your notes are just files. That's the whole idea.

Claunote keeps your notes as plain markdown files on disk — no database, no proprietary format, nothing you can't open in any other editor the moment you stop using this one.

There's no account system, no subscription, and no third-party server holding your notes. It's one container, one folder of .md files, and a full GitHub Flavored Markdown editor that works the same on your phone and your laptop.

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What you get

A full markdown editor, without the baggage.

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No database

Every note is a .md file. Move it, back it up, or read it with any other tool — nothing is locked away.

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Full GFM support

Tables, footnotes, task lists, and GitHub-style callouts — the whole spec, not a subset.

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Blank lines that stay

Press Enter three times and the extra empty line is really there — saved as a literal <br> line in the markdown, so GitHub renders it the same way. Most editors silently collapse anything beyond one blank line.

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Zero-dependency editor

A small hand-written markdown converter, not a third-party library loaded from a CDN — nothing external to version-mismatch or break.

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Self-hosted

Runs in one Docker container. Your notes live on your own disk, not someone else's server.

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Dark mode

Follows your system preference automatically. No setting to hunt for.

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Import / export

One click exports every note and attachment as a dated zip. Import it right back in, always yours to take.

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Installable PWA

Add it to your home screen. Use it like a native app, on desktop or mobile.

Get started

Running in about two minutes.

Claunote ships as a Docker image. Point it at two folders on disk — one for your notes, one for the app's own small bit of state — and it takes care of the rest.

# docker-compose.yml
services:
  claunote:
    image: ghcr.io/lightmorphic/claunote:latest
    container_name: claunote
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      NOTES_USERNAME: "admin"
      NOTES_PASSWORD: "changeMe!"
    volumes:
      - /opt/media/notes:/notes
      - /opt/claunote:/data
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
  1. Create the data folders — sudo mkdir -p /opt/media/notes /opt/claunote
  2. Start the container — docker compose up -d
  3. Open it — visit http://your-server:8080 and write your first note