Ammar Ahmed 52d6044e73 docs(help): rebuild the help site with VitePress (#10169)
* docs: new help built with vitepress.

* docs: improve docs home ui

Added a Go to Docs button on homepage
Added a searchbar for directly searching what you are looking for in the docs

* docs(help): wire up with build system & setup proper ci

* Clean up new documentation (#10174)

* Docs: Cleanup pass 1

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* docs: cleanup pass 2

Signed-off-by: Chloe Oletto <NeedsChloesure@riseup.net>

* docs: Fix vscode's manglement that I missed.

Signed-off-by: Chloe Oletto <NeedsChloesure@riseup.net>

* Update docs/help/contents/plans-and-limits.md

Co-authored-by: Abdullah Atta <thecodrr@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Chloe Oletto <NeedsChloesure@riseup.net>

* Update docs/help/contents/rich-text-editor/outline-lists.md

Co-authored-by: Abdullah Atta <thecodrr@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Chloe Oletto <NeedsChloesure@riseup.net>

* docs: Remove self-hosting guide from sidebar, and comments for reviewer.

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Signed-off-by: Chloe Oletto <NeedsChloesure@riseup.net>
Co-authored-by: Abdullah Atta <thecodrr@protonmail.com>

* docs: some fixes

* ci: do not publish help on push

* docs(help): improve regional pricing & free trials

* docs: improve sidebar

* docs: some more fixes after re-review

* docs: improve search and nav

* docs: a few more fixes

* docs: fix tabs formatting compat with prettier

* docs: fix tabs formatting in various places

* docs: show correct plus button image for mobile

* docs: disable notesnook self hosting docs

* docs: update help docs with fixes

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Signed-off-by: Chloe Oletto <NeedsChloesure@riseup.net>
Co-authored-by: Abdullah Atta <abdullahatta@streetwriters.co>
Co-authored-by: Chloe Oletto <NeedsChloesure@riseup.net>
Co-authored-by: Abdullah Atta <thecodrr@protonmail.com>
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Notesnook

An end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote.

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Overview

Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open-source note-taking app focused on user privacy & ease of use. To ensure zero knowledge principles, Notesnook encrypts everything on your device using XChaCha20-Poly1305 & Argon2.

Notesnook is our proof that privacy does not (always) have to come at the cost of convenience. We aim to provide users peace of mind & 100% confidence that their notes are safe and secure. The decision to go fully open source is one of the most crucial steps towards that.

This repository contains all the code required to build & use the Notesnook web, desktop & mobile clients. If you are looking for a full feature list or screenshots, please check the website.

Developer guide

Technologies & languages

Notesnook is built using the following technologies:

  1. JavaScript/Typescript — this repo is in a hybrid state. A lot of the newer code is being written in Typescript & the old code is slowly being ported over.
  2. React — the whole front-end across all platforms is built using React.
  3. React Native — For mobile apps we are using React Native
  4. Electron — For desktop app
  5. NPM — listed here because we don't use Yarn or PNPM or XYZ across any of our projects.

Note: Each project in the monorepo contains its own architecture details which you can refer to.

Monorepo structure

Name Path Description
@notesnook/web /apps/web Web client
@notesnook/desktop /apps/desktop Desktop client
@notesnook/mobile /apps/mobile Android/iOS clients
@notesnook/web-clipper /extensions/web-clipper Web clipper
@notesnook/core /packages/core Shared core between all platforms
@notesnook/crypto /packages/crypto Cryptography library wrapper around libsodium
@notesnook/clipper /packages/clipper Web clipper core handling everything related to actual page clipping
@notesnook/editor /packages/editor Notesnook editor + all extensions
@notesnook/editor-mobile /packages/editor-mobile A very thin wrapper around @notesnook/editor for mobile clients
@notesnook/logger /packages/logger Simple & pluggable logger
@notesnook/sodium /packages/sodium Wrapper around libsodium to support Node.js & Browser
@notesnook/streamable-fs /packages/streamable-fs Streaming interface around an IndexedDB based file system
@notesnook/theme /packages/theme The core theme used in web & desktop clients

Contributing guidelines

If you are interested in contributing to Notesnook, I highly recommend checking out the contributing guidelines. You'll find all the relevant information such as style guideline, how to make a PR, how to commit etc., there.

Support & help

You can reach out to us via:

  1. Email
  2. Discord
  3. Twitter
  4. Create an issue

We take all queries, issues and bug reports that you might have. Feel free to ask.

Additional Resources

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JavaScript 12.2%
Java 0.8%
CSS 0.7%
HTML 0.3%
Other 0.2%