{"repo":"ZenNotes/zennotes","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/ZenNotes/zennotes","clone":"git clone https://github.com/ZenNotes/zennotes.git","description":"Keyboard-first local Markdown notes with Vim motions, diagrams, and MCP integration.","language":"TypeScript","stars":2312,"topics":["electron","local-first","markdown","mcp","notes","vim"],"license":"MIT","category":"mcp-servers","readme_excerpt":"ZenNotes [!NOTE] I build ZenNotes with a lot of help from AI tools like Claude and Codex. They let me move much faster, but I still go through some of the code before I ship it. The architecture, the technical decisions, and the trade-offs are things I still spend a lot of time thinking about. AI helps me write code faster, but it doesn't replace understanding how the system works. ZenNotes is a keyboard-first Markdown notes app with a shared product core and multiple runtimes: - a desktop app built with Electron - a self-hosted web app backed by a Go server - a future hosted deployment mode built on the same web/server stack ZenNotes keeps your notes as ordinary Markdown files on disk. It adds Vim-friendly editing, split and preview workflows, tasks, tags, archive/trash, diagrams, search, daily notes, CSV databases (Notion-style Table + Board views over plain .csv files), and MCP integration on top of the files you already own. On macOS, the first-party zen CLI also powers launcher workflows such as the Raycast extension. Grab the latest build from GitHub Releases — see Install below. Website: zennotes.org Support development: GitHub Sponsors Detailed in-repo documentation lives under docs/README.md. Install All desktop installers are attached to each GitHub Release. The app auto-updates, so you only download once. (Replace with the current release, e.g. 2.2.0 .) macOS Homebrew (recommended): Or download the .dmg for your chip, open it, and drag ZenNotes to Applications. Bui","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/ZenNotes","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/ZenNotes/zennotes/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}