SimpleNotes
A small Apple Notes for Linux, macOS and iPhone/iPad. Every note is kept on the device and works offline; notes sync through a server of your own. When the same note is edited on two devices that could not reach each other, both edits end up in the note: nobody is asked to pick a version.
- Rich text with titles, headings, lists and checklists, block quotes, colours and highlights, collapsible sections, links, images, files and tables
- Folders in folders, tags, smart folders, pinning, a gallery view, an attachments browser, search and Recently Deleted
- Find and replace, printing and export as PDF, export as Markdown, and import from Markdown, Obsidian, Joplin, Bear and Trilium
- Version history, kept by the server
- Sync with your own server, or directly with your devices on the same network
Compatibility: Uses the C library of the system (may need glibc 2.35 or later)
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Usage
SimpleNotes is available as an AppImage which means "one app = one file", which you can download and run on your Linux system while you don't need a package manager and nothing gets changed in your system. Awesome!
AppImages are single-file applications that run on most Linux distributions. Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. Most AppImages run on recent versions of Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other common desktop distributions.
This AppImage uses the C library of the system and may need glibc 2.35 or later. It does not run on distributions that use a different C library (such as musl on Alpine Linux) or an older glibc.
Running SimpleNotes on Linux without installation
Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. This is a Linux security feature.Beware! AppImages are usually not verified by others. Follow these instructions only if you trust the developer of the software. Use at your own risk!
Download the SimpleNotes AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal:
chmod +x ./*.AppImageThen double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it.
Sandboxing SimpleNotes
If you want to restrict what SimpleNotes can do on your system, you can run the AppImage in a sandbox like Firejail. This is entirely optional and currently needs to be configured by the user.
Updating SimpleNotes
If you would like to update to a new version, simply download the new SimpleNotes AppImage.
Integrating AppImages into the system
If you would like to have the executable bit set automatically, and would like to see SimpleNotes and other AppImages integrated into the system (menus, icons, file type associations, etc.), then you may want to check the optional appimaged daemon.
Note for application authors
Thanks for distributing SimpleNotes in the AppImage format for all common Linux distributions. Great! Here are some ideas on how to make it even better.
Pro Tips for further enhancing the SimpleNotes AppImage
Please consider to add update information to the SimpleNotes AppImage and ship a .zsync file so that it can be updated using AppImageUpdate. Tools like appimagetool and linuxdeployqt can do this for you easily.
Please consider making the SimpleNotes AppImage self-contained, so that it does not depend on the C library of the system and runs on more distributions: ship the C library including its loader (ld-linux-*.so.*) and use it to launch the application, or link statically.
Thanks for shipping AppStream metainfo inside your AppImage. Please open a pull request on https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/blob/master/data/SimpleNotes if you have changed it and would like to see this page updated accordingly.
If you would like to see a donation link for the application here, please include one in the AppStream data.