A Quieter Place
To Think.

A minimalist Markdown note-taking app where your notes stay yours. Write freely, organize your thoughts, and keep your data in your own Google Drive.

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Why DeNotes exists

Most tools ask you to manage them. Folders about folders, settings about settings, a system that slowly becomes the work. DeNotes tries to disappear instead, a place to think, not another thing to maintain.

It is built around a simple belief: clear notes lead to clear thinking, and clear thinking leads to intentional progress. Everything here serves that, and nothing else is invited in.

Clarity

A quiet surface with nothing to configure, so your thinking has room to breathe.

Focus

One note at a time, one goal in view. The interface steps back so the work can step forward.

Intentional progress

Notes connect to goals, so the small things you write add up to something deliberate.

Everything in one calm place

A focused set of features that work together, so there is less to learn and less to manage.

Capture thoughts

A thought arrives and you write it down before it slips away. Creating a file opens its first note straight away, so nothing stands between you and the page, and autosave means you never think about saving.

Organize knowledge

Folders nest without limit, folders hold files, and files hold notes. A structure that grows with your thinking instead of fighting it, so everything has an obvious place to live.

Connect notes to goals

Notes are where thinking happens; goals are where it leads. Link a note to a goal and your everyday writing quietly accumulates into real, visible progress.

Temporary stickers

Some notes only matter today. Stickers float on your workspace for twenty-four hours and then clear themselves, a scratchpad that never turns into clutter.

Google Drive ownership

Your notes are saved as plain Markdown files inside your own Google Drive. Open them, back them up, or take them elsewhere whenever you like. DeNotes only ever touches the files it created.

Markdown writing

Write in Markdown and watch it render live, line by line. Lists, checkboxes, quotes and code continue as you type, and there are no toolbars getting in the way of the words.

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A closer look

The editor, your goals and the moments in between, designed to feel quiet and considered.

The calm, three-pane DeNotes workspace. — Live Markdown that renders as you type.

A DeNotes goal with a progress ring, timeline and a task board of phases. — Notes that add up to something deliberate.

Who DeNotes is for

It suits people whose notes are mostly writing they did themselves, and who would rather own the file than the feature list.

Writers and authors

Long pieces, chapters and drafts in a distraction-free editor, saved as Markdown you can hand to any other tool later.

Developers

Markdown you already write fluently, code blocks that behave, and notes that sit in Drive as files rather than in a database you cannot reach.

Students and researchers

Nested folders for each subject, files that group related notes, and a search that finds the thing you half remember writing.

Anyone building something

Journals, project notes and plans that connect to goals, so daily writing turns into progress you can see.

See it in motion

A short introduction to writing, organizing and making progress in DeNotes.

How DeNotes compares

If you are weighing DeNotes against something you already use, these pages are written to be useful rather than flattering. Each one says what the other app does better.

Simple, honest pricing

Free to start. Pro adds a more personal, more powerful DeNotes for a few dollars a month.

Two months free

Free

Free forever

For people who want a simple and focused place to capture and organize their thoughts.

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Unlimited notes and Markdown writing
Folders and files, nested freely
Goals: one linked note each
Stickers
Google Drive storage: your files, your account

Pro

$30/year

billed yearly

For people who want a more personalized and powerful DeNotes experience.

Go Pro

Unlimited goals, each a full workspace
Private Vault: lock what matters
Templates: insert with /template
Theming: choose your accent color
Export notes, files & folders (Markdown, PDF, TXT)
Device synchronization
Early access to new features
Priority support

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Where DeNotes is going

A short, honest list of what is done and what is coming next.

Recently shipped

Notes, files and folders
Live Markdown editor
Goals
Goal Workspaces: phases, boards and progress (Pro)
Stickers

Coming next

Refinements to the writing experience
Faster search across notes
macOS app
iPhone app
Android app

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Questions, answered

What is DeNotes?

DeNotes is a minimalist Markdown note-taking app for the web. You write in Markdown and it renders live as you type, notes are organized in files and folders that nest without limit, and each note is saved as a plain Markdown file in your own Google Drive. It installs as an app on any device from the browser, and it is free to use.

Who is DeNotes for?

People whose notes are mostly writing they did themselves: writers working on long pieces, developers who already think in Markdown, students organizing subjects, and anyone keeping a journal or project notes they want to last. It is a single-person tool. If you need real-time collaboration, a database you can query, or a web clipper for saving articles, another app will serve you better.

Is DeNotes a good alternative to Notion or Obsidian?

It depends on what you liked about them. Compared with Notion, DeNotes is far smaller: no databases, no shared team pages, and your writing is a Markdown file rather than blocks in a hosted database. Compared with Obsidian, it agrees that notes should be plain Markdown you own, but it comes finished instead of extensible, with no plugins to choose and sync already handled through your Google Drive. There are detailed comparisons for both, and for Apple Notes, Google Keep, Standard Notes, Bear and Evernote.

Where are my notes stored?

Wherever you choose. During onboarding you pick between local storage on this device, which works fully offline, or your own Google Drive. Note content stays where you put it; only lightweight metadata such as titles and structure lives in the DeNotes database.

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