Zen Notes

Self-hosted markdown notes app that runs as a single Go binary with full-text search.

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Zen is a self-hosted notes app that runs as a single Go binary, storing Markdown notes in SQLite with full-text search and a very low resource footprint. It's for self-hosters who want a lightweight, low-maintenance alternative to cloud notes apps like Notion.

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