There is Standard notes (E2EE). But depending on what you need BitWarden has encrypted notes, too. It's little more than plain text though, if I remember correctly. And note taking is not really what BitWarden stands for but I wanted to mention it anyway.
Can anyone recommend a secure note making app?
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akc3n Had I known I would not have made the suggestion. Either way, no network permissions are enabled on the apps I have and they were installed prior to the apparent buyout.
Certainly would not suggest anyone use a web app especially in a thread asking about a secure app. Nothing on the internet is secure.
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Roger But for important tidbits I actually use Signal, theres an option for "notes to self" like texting yourself a message
I use that myself quite frequently for quick notes between devices, as well as an Element based matrix client to quick self-note actually more than anything between devices these days. On device notes only, I use:
@Jaime Also, check out https://github.com/soupslurpr/BeauTyXT
A beautiful, private, secure, and minimalistic Text, Markdown, and Typst editor.
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commodore64 Certainly would not suggest anyone use a web app especially in a thread asking about a secure app.
Strange statement, sounds quite passive aggressive and an emotionally reactive response without knowing or understanding how things work.
A lot of users prefer web apps usage within Vanadium for security reasons. Since it is hardened and all.
See https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing to get familiar for the reasons as to why.
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commodore64 One of the devs of SMT forked the apps under the name Fossify https://github.com/FossifyOrg
There is a Notes app if you want to switch over and get ongoing updates.
commodore64 Certainly would not suggest anyone use a web app especially in a thread asking about a secure app. Nothing on the internet is secure.
E2E encrypted data which has been encrypted with a strong password is secure. Even on the web.
If I may ask a quick follow-up question (slightly off topic): Can you recommend Fossify as a SMT fork from a security perspective (I'm also less interested in a note app than in the gallery and I'm wavering between Aves and Fossify Gallery)?
crypt.ee is a very cool notes app
NotesNook, Standard Notes, Joplin (currently using) etc.
Murcielago I don't use them sorry.
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Standard Notes is best. Secure, audited, and can optionally sign up to use E2E cloud sync with an username and password only.
mmmm suggest checking out https://github.com/jonhadfield/awesome-standard-notes for all the foss extensions and additional free feature add-ons.
Obsidian is hands down the best note taking app I've ever used. It's not open source, but also doesn't require network (unless you're installing/updating plugins). Notes are stored locally and do not sync anywhere. No account required.
One thing to think about with Obsidian is platform lock-in, its a known problem acknowledged by their community:
https://forum.obsidian.md/t/are-we-moving-away-from-portability-how-much-is-obsidian-locking-our-notes-in/19329
All the fancy features could get you hooked onto a proprietary format.
Moving off the platform is also not super simple, as I understand it, it involves copy-pasting stuff out of one note at a time, or using third party software.
This is why I considered Obsidian originally, but went with Standard Notes because they actively maintain native features which keep you me in control of my notes in universal formats.
The .txt files regularly backed up by SN could easily be around with me for the rest of my life (unlike any individual notes-app-making company), and if SN makes decisions that I dislike, I can take my notes to any competitor without much fuss.
Platform lock-in is just one factor to consider though.
Standard Notes is expensive, but you mostly get what you pay for IMPCP (in my potentially controversial opinion).
zzz I'm not sure I agree with your write up of Obsidian. For "just" note taking, which is what the OP was asking about, you only need Obsidian Core (i.e. without any 3rd party plugins, which is how I am running it). In that case, if Obsidian quits tomorrow, I still have access to local .md files that I can choose to edit in VSCode or whatever. Not sure whether OP requires synchronisation between devices, but if that's necessary, I use Obsidian Sync to support the Obsidian team, but there are numerous other ways to sync notes without relying on them (as evidenced via their own forum).