A minimalistic note taking application for creative humans that use computers made by some weirdo w/Claude Opus 4.5

Features

• Free- no account or subscription required
• Works offline (only needs to be online once to make image canvas work)
• Doesn't manage syncing notes (use Dropbox/SyncThing/OneDrive/Google Drive/whatever to manage it yourself

Rich Media Attachments

• Image attachments - Attach images to any note (PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP) via drag/drop from a browser or whatever
• Audio attachments - Attach and play audio files with built-in player (supports MP3, WAV, and more with automatic transcoding)
• Built-in drawing pad - Create hand-drawn sketches and diagrams with Fabric.js canvas

Export Options

• PDF Document - Export all notes in a folder as a single PDF
• PNG Images - Export all notes as individual PNG images
• EPUB3 Book - Create an e-book from your notes
• HTML Website - Export individual notes as standalone web pages

Publishing & Sharing

• GitHub Pages publishing - Publish notes directly to your GitHub repository

• ** For your "ahoy" page on your published site just publish a note titled "ahoy" (without the "")

• Cryptocurrency tipping - Add Bitcoin and Ethereum tip addresses to published notes

• Custom publishing name - Brand your published notes with your name

AI-Powered Text Correction

• Smart text correction - Fix spelling, grammar, and typos using AI
• Two correction modes:
  • Manual mode - Select text and click fix to correct only the highlighted portion
  • Auto mode - Automatically corrects newly typed text (tracks dirty regions for efficiency)
• Multiple providers:
  • OpenAI - Uses GPT-4o-mini for fast, accurate corrections
  • Local LLM - Use your own GGUF model files for offline correction
  • ** A small, fast well balanced Local LLM to use is gemma-2-2b-it-Q4_K_M.gguf
• Preserves formatting - Respects line breaks, paragraphs, and document structure

Random stuff

• drag/drop notes from the note list into the active note- then double click the [[note name]] to go to that note
• drag/drop files from the Operating system into the active note- then double click the path text to go to that file

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Arrow Up/Down	Navigate note list
Spacebar	Toggle Select/Draw mode (on canvas)
Delete/Backspace	Delete selected canvas objects
Escape	Close modals/lightbox

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ installed
• npm or yarn

Setup

cd noatboat-electron
npm install

Run in Development

npm start

Build Executables

Windows:

npm run build-win

Mac:

npm run build-mac

Linux:

npm run build-linux

All platforms:

npm run build-all

Built executables will be in the dist/ folder.

How It Works

1. Click the folder icon (📁) to select a folder for your notes
2. The folder path is saved automatically - next time you launch, it loads automatically
3. Create new notes with the new note button (📄)
4. Notes are saved as .txt files in your selected folder
5. Navigate subfolders with the folder navigation buttons
6. Attach images (🖼️), audio (🔊), or create drawings (✏️)
7. Export or publish your notes using the export button (📤)

File Structure

your-notes-folder/
├── note-title.txt           # Note content
├── note-title.png           # Image attachment (or .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .webp)
├── note-title.canvas.json   # Canvas/drawing data
├── note-title.canvas.png    # Canvas preview image
├── note-title.audio.mp3     # Audio attachment
└── subfolder/               # Nested folders supported
    └── another-note.txt

Configuration

Preferences

Access preferences via Cmd/Ctrl + , or the app menu:

• Theme - Light or Dark mode
• Focus Mode Strength - Adjust how much the UI dims in focus mode
• Text Correction - Off, Auto, or Manual mode
• Auto-Fix Provider - OpenAI or Local LLM
• OpenAI API Key - For cloud-based text correction
• Local Model Path - Path to your GGUF model file
• GitHub Token - For publishing to GitHub Pages
• GitHub Repository - Target repo for publishing (format: username/repo)
• Publishing Name - Your name for published notes
• Tip Addresses - Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses for tips

Config Location

The app stores its configuration in:

• Windows: %APPDATA%/noatboat/config.json
• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/noatboat/config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/noatboat/config.json

Tech Stack

• Electron - Cross-platform desktop framework
• Fabric.js - Canvas drawing and manipulation
• FFmpeg - Audio transcoding (bundled)
• node-llama-cpp - Local LLM inference (optional)
• OpenAI API - Cloud text correction (optional)

License

GPLv3