Notefix

Lightweight, local-first note-taking app for desktop (and mobile). Rich-text notes, folders, a dashboard, and full-text search — all in a local SQLite database. No account, no cloud, no telemetry. Optional device sync coming soon.

What it is

Notefix is a fast note-taking app that keeps your rich-text notes close at hand. Everything lives in a local SQLite database on your machine — no account, no cloud, no telemetry. An optional server connection (coming in a future release) syncs notes across devices, but the app is fully featured offline on its own. From a single codebase, Notefix runs as a desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux) and as mobile apps (iOS, Android).

Highlights

Rich-text editor — headings, bold/italic/underline, links, task lists, and syntax-highlighted code blocks (TipTap). Paste or drag in images and resize them inline.
Folders & organization — nested folders with custom icons and colors, pinned notes, color labels, an archive, and a trash with configurable retention.
Search & dashboard — instant full-text search and a customizable drag-and-drop dashboard with recent-notes, due-date, calendar, clock, and statistics widgets.
Revision history — automatic content snapshots per note, so you can look back at earlier versions.
Export — a single note to Markdown, PDF, JPEG, Word (.doc), or plain text, or notes in bulk with embedded images.
Native integration — system tray, launch-at-login, frameless floating note windows, and deep links (notefix://note/<id>, notefix://new).
macOS widget — a WidgetKit widget that surfaces your pinned and recent notes on the desktop.
MCP server — an optional, token-protected Model Context Protocol server so AI tools can read and create notes (with a separate write-permission toggle).
Optional sync (coming soon) — connect to a Notefix server over OAuth 2.0 (PKCE); access tokens are stored in the OS keychain, never in plain text.
Internationalized — English, German, and French, auto-detected from your system language.

Tech stack

Tauri 2 — Rust backend, lean WebView frontend
React 19 & TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4 for styling
TipTap rich-text editor
rusqlite (bundled SQLite) for local storage
reqwest + tokio for networking, keyring for OS-keychain token storage, axum for the MCP server
i18next for translations

Download

Prebuilt installers are available straight from the latest release — macOS (.dmg/.app), a Windows installer, and Linux (.deb/.rpm/AppImage). macOS builds are signed and notarized in CI.

For developers

git clone https://github.com/NoiXdev/notefix.git
cd notefix
npm install
npm run tauri dev

npm run tauri dev launches the desktop app with hot-reload for the React frontend. Build distributable bundles with npm run tauri build.

Status

Notefix is LIVE and under active development (currently v0.5.x; device sync coming soon). Issues and PRs are welcome — github.com/NoiXdev/notefix.