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Notea

Self-hosted note-taking app stored on S3

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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.

Notea is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking application with a Notion-like editor that stores all data on S3-compatible object storage. It runs serverlessly and requires no traditional database.

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Key features

  • Notion-like editor
  • Stores data on S3
  • No database required
  • Markdown support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Simple storage model
  • Clean editing experience

Trade-offs

  • Development has slowed
  • Single-user focused

Is Notea secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Notea's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

Notea replaces

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