Beaver Notes

Beaver Notes is a local-first note-taking app that keeps your data on your device by default. There are no accounts to create, no servers to trust, and no telemetry phoning home. It's MIT-licensed and built for people who want full ownership of their notes without trading away convenience.

The core idea is simple: everything works offline, and you decide whether and how to sync. Instead of locking you into a proprietary cloud, Beaver lets you bring your own cloud provider to move notes across devices on your terms.

The feature set covers more ground than a basic editor:

• Note linking connects ideas across your notes, building a personal web of information similar to what you'd find in tools like Logseq
• Tags and labels keep notes organized without complex folder hierarchies
• File attachments let you embed PDFs, images, and audio directly in a note
• LaTeX math renders equations inline as you type, useful for science and engineering notes
• Drawing lets you insert sketches or handwritten sections from any device, and those drawings travel with the note when you share it
• Command prompt gives keyboard-first access to search, settings, and actions without touching the mouse
• Markdown support throughout, with shortcuts that keep your hands on the keyboard

Sharing is built in too. You can send notes to other apps or people directly, and shared notes carry their embedded drawings and files along with them.

Beaver sits in a different lane from cloud-dependent tools like Notesnook or Memos. It's not trying to be a team collaboration platform or an AI-assisted workspace. The focus is on a fast, distraction-free writing environment that respects your privacy by design, not as a setting you have to hunt down.