✨ Welcome to Znote

A fast, local Markdown editor. Plain .md files on your disk — no cloud, no account, no lock-in.

👨‍💻 You write code? There's a second tour for you in the sidebar: ⚡ Run code & AI. This one is about writing.

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1. Bring your notes — they already work here

Znote opens real folders straight from your disk. Your Obsidian vault, your Notion export, that folder of .md files — open it and it's all here, untouched.

All Files → Open Real Folder 👈 try it with your existing notes folder.

One window is enough: mix real folders and virtual ones in the same tree, organize however you think. Your files stay plain Markdown, exactly where they were.

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2. Make it look like yours

Pick your theme in Settings → Appearance — dark (Nord, Midnight) or light (Paper, Sepia). Clean typography, distraction-free by default.

Tables, images, checklists, code blocks — everything renders in place as you type:

• Try checking this box
• Copy paste an image into this note
• Open a note from your own folder

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3. Fix your writing without leaving the note

Select the paragraph below, hit Ctrl+H, and ask Znote to tighten it:

This sentence is, in many ways and for a variety of different reasons, somewhat longer and more complicated than it really strictly needs to be for the purpose of saying what it is trying to say.

No copy-pasting into a chat tab. The AI rewrites, corrects, summarizes, or extracts action items in place, on your note — and your notes never leave your machine.

✨ You start with 20 free AI requests. The editor itself is free, forever.

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4. When a note has to leave Znote

Export any note as a clean, styled PDF — ready to send to a client, a colleague, a teacher.

Or copy it where your team lives: Shift+Ctrl+C copies the selection as formatted text — paste it straight into Teams, Confluence or an email and it keeps its styling. Plain Ctrl+C copies the raw Markdown.

🎤 Bonus: Znote can also record a meeting and write the minutes for you. Try launching the Recorder before your next call.

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The deal

• Your notes are plain .md files on your disk. Free, forever.
• AI is the layer on top: rewrite, summarize, meeting minutes — 20 requests included.
• Want unlimited AI? Plug your own key (OpenAI, Ollama, OpenRouter). One-time unlock, you pay the provider a few cents per use, and your key and notes never leave your machine.

👉 Ctrl+N for a blank note — or open your folder and pick up where you left off.