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Ask HN: Any interest in a decentralized notes app?
With the recent Evernote privacy policy incident, a lot of people are looking to make the switch to something else, but that something else typically takes the form of "{insert name of private company} Notes App".
I've been working on a system that would allow decentralization of personal notes. Basically the idea is to remove trust from the server and place it on the client, similar to how you trust a Bitcoin wallet, but don't trust the network.
It's an open protocol, so anyone can build their own client or server. I've made some heavy progress, and have already published the open spec[0], server implementation (Ruby)[1], web client implementation (Angular)[2], and am now working on the iOS client.
I probably should have asked this before starting on the project, but better late than never. Obviously we all say we want security and privacy in theory, but when it comes to practicality, we get a little lazy.
So, do you have any interest in a decentralized notes app/system? What are some absolute requirements this system must have? What are things that would prevent you from using it?
[0] https://standardnotes.org
[1] https://github.com/standardnotes/ruby-server
[2] https://github.com/neeto-project/neeto-web-client
- miguelrochefort 10y agoI can think of 100 different decentralized [insert use case] ideas. Does that mean we'll need 100 different server and client implementations? I hope not. Your specific note-taking use case is not special enough to justify investing in your solution. If you introduced a general-purpose platform to build decentralized apps, you would have more of my attention. Please note that this comes from someone who dismisses any solution that don't aim to solve everything.
- mobitar 10y agoActually it is general purpose. Server models are abstract, and the client can choose whatever model to store in the server. So Notes/Tags are particular to this set up, but the protocol would allow you to build almost anything, even a Dropbox replacement. Read here: https://standardnotes.org/#models https://standardnotes.org/#models
- marvy 10y agohave you heard of sandstorm?
- id122015 10y agoWhat I'm interested in: I'll either build it myself when I'll have time, or you can share the idea. A notes server that I can install myself, not relying on external servers. And if can keep the content encrypted, it would be even better.
- newsat13 10y agoSee https://meemo.minimal-space.de/ https://meemo.minimal-space.de/