ZNotes

Modern, cross-platform notes, checklists & day planner — offline-first, fully native.

⬇ Download from zsync.eu/znotes · Source · GPL v3.0

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What it does

• Notes — rich text notes with tags, colors, pinning, and reminders
• Checklists — task lists with per-item priority, categories, tags, scheduled dates, and reminders
• Day Planner — calendar view of all your scheduled checklists
• Reminders — fire through your OS notification center even when the app is minimized or hidden to tray
• System Tray — close to tray, keep running in the background, reminders still fire
• Dark glass UI — fully themed, customizable accent color, border radius, font size
• 100% offline — no account, no cloud, no telemetry. SQLite on your machine.

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Stack

Layer	Tech
Frontend	React 18 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS
State	Zustand
Animation	Framer Motion
Desktop shell	Tauri v2
Backend	Rust
Database	SQLite (rusqlite)
Notifications	notify-rust (Linux) · tauri-plugin-notification (Windows/macOS)

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Download (prebuilt)

Get the installer for your OS at zsync.eu/znotes — no build required.

Platform	Format
Windows 10/11	.exe (NSIS installer) · .msi
macOS Intel	.dmg (x86_64)
macOS Apple Silicon	.dmg (aarch64)
Debian / Ubuntu	.deb
Fedora / RHEL	.rpm
Any Linux	.AppImage

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Build from source

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+ + pnpm
• Rust (stable)
• Linux only: system libraries

sudo apt-get install -y \
  libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev \
  librsvg2-dev libssl-dev libdbus-1-dev pkg-config

Run in dev mode

git clone https://github.com/TheHolyOneZ/ZNotes.git
cd ZNotes/znotes
pnpm install
pnpm tauri dev

Build release

pnpm tauri build

Outputs land in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

To target a specific bundle format:

pnpm tauri build --bundles deb,appimage   # Linux
pnpm tauri build --bundles nsis,msi       # Windows
pnpm tauri build --bundles dmg            # macOS

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Author

Made by TheHolyOneZ · zsync.eu

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License

GPL v3.0 © TheHolyOneZ