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Turtl

Encrypted note-taking and bookmarking for privacy

Notes & Knowledge Base ★ 632 stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Turtl is an open-source, encrypted notes and bookmarking application designed to keep personal data private. Notes, files, and bookmarks are end-to-end encrypted, and the sync server can be self-hosted.

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Key features

  • End-to-end encrypted notes
  • Bookmark and file storage
  • Self-hostable sync server
  • Cross-platform apps

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Strong privacy guarantees
  • Stores notes, files, and bookmarks

Trade-offs

  • Development has slowed
  • Unusual server stack

Is Turtl secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Turtl'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.

Turtl replaces

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