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Boost Note

Markdown note-taking app aimed at developers

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This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained notes & knowledge base alternative.

Boost Note is an open-source note-taking app aimed at developers, with Markdown editing, code snippet notes, tagging, and syntax highlighting. Notes are stored as files. The upstream app repository is archived and no longer actively developed.

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Key features

  • Markdown and snippet notes
  • Tag-based organization
  • File-based storage
  • Code syntax highlighting

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Developer-friendly
  • Files you control

Trade-offs

  • Project direction shifted
  • No first-party server

Is Boost Note secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Boost Note's latest release (v0.23.1). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2021-41392, published 2021-09-17 (1853 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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