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I built a note-taking app because the one I wanted didn't exist. Clean UI, local .md files, no cloud, no account.

Built with Rust + Tauri 2.0 + SvelteKit. Full-text search powered by Tantivy. Graph view, AI writing tools (bring your own key), Obsidian import, version history.

Available for Linux (AppImage, APT, AUR), Windows, and macOS. Source: https://codeberg.org/ArkHost/HelixNotes

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[-] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 27 points 2 months ago

AI writing tools — improve, summarize, translate, and more (Anthropic / OpenAI)

why though

[-] ArkHost@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Fair question. Use case: you take rough notes during a meeting, no formatting, just raw thoughts. AI can clean them up, summarize, or restructure after the fact. It's completely optional though. Disabled by default, doesn't even show in the context menus unless you explicitly configure it in settings with your own API key. If you don't want it, it's like it doesn't exist.

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 17 points 2 months ago

So, a feature for those who want it, but turned off out of the box for those who absolutely do not want it? Did I understand correctly?

[-] ArkHost@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Off by default, invisible unless you enable it.

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 14 points 2 months ago

As ai features should be. You're the dev?

[-] ArkHost@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago
[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 16 points 2 months ago

Cool. I appreciate this design decision. If only more went that route (looking at you, Microslop)

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