Nota

Lightweight, fast note-taking desktop app with native AI (BYOK), an alternative to Notion/Obsidian.

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A lightweight, cross-platform note-taking app with a rich text editor, media embeds, math, tables, hierarchical workspaces, and a built-in AI assistant that runs via a bring-your-own-key model. It aims to reduce the resource use and sluggishness commonly associated with Electron-based tools by using Tauri and Rust, offering writers, developers, and note-takers a faster, local-first alternative that retains rich editing and AI help without mandatory subscriptions.

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