Fast. Private. Local-first notes for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Your notes stay on your device, no accounts, no tracking, no unnecessary complexity.

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Beaver Notes is a privacy-first, local-first note-taking app built to help you capture ideas, organize knowledge, and connect notes without ever sending your data to the cloud by default.

• 🏆 Cross-platform: macOS, Windows, GNU/Linux
• 🔒 Secure: data stored locally, optional sync with your provider
• 📝 Markdown support: write quickly without breaking flow
• 🧩 Community-driven: open-source with contributions always welcome from everyone

• 🔒 Privacy-Respecting — data stays on your device
• 📝 Markdown Support — write without breaking flow
• 🏷️ Tags — organize your notes quickly
• 🗂️ Folders — organize notes into structured collections
• 🔗 Note Linking — connect ideas naturally
• 🔐 Locked Notes — protect sensitive information
• 🔄 Flexible Sync — choose your preferred cloud or offline workflow
• 💻 Open-source — shaped by contributors like you

👉 Discover more on our website.

• Visit our Downloads page for the latest installers
• Use package managers if preferred:
  • AUR: yay -S beaver-notes
  • Flatpak: flatpak install flathub com.beavernotes.beavernotes
  • Scoop: scoop install extras/beaver-notes
  • Brew: brew install --cask beaver-notes

Take Beaver Notes with you on the go with Beaver Pocket! (Beta)

📥 Try it now:

• 📱 iOS → TestFlight
• 🤖 Android → Join the beta on the Play Store

Beaver is made by the community, for the community.

You can help by:

• 🌍 Translating
• 💻 Coding
• 🐛 Reporting bugs
• 🎨 Designing features
• ☕ Supporting financially

Get started: How to Contribute

• 💬 Reddit
• 🐘 Mastodon
• 🦋 Bluesky
• 📖 Documentation
• ✉️ Email

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Algernon 🐛 🌍 💻 🚧	Danny Schellnock 🌍 🚧	Darío Hereñú 📖	mee_ 🌍 🚧	Bryan Ricker 📖 🌍 💻	Olav Rønnestad Birkeland 📦	Ahmet Kaan GÜMÜŞ 🌍
Rian Orie 🎨	Olivelton Santos 🌍	Kolja 📦

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Gabriel Soleil 🌍

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