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Show HN: Zen Notes – Distraction free notes app

by rkwz on 6/21/25, 1:35 PM with 1 comments

Hello everyone,

I've been building a distraction free notes app called Zen for the past few months.

* It's built using Go and uses SQLite database for storage

* It's fast and uses less memory (~20MB) and CPU resources

* Supports standard Markdown with tables, code, etc

* It's built using as few dependencies as possible, so less bitrot long term

* Has search with BM25 ranking

* Designed thoughtfully with minimal color palette

Here are some links:

* Project page https://www.sheshbabu.com/zen/

* Demo https://zendemo.fly.dev/

* Docs https://www.sheshbabu.com/zen/documentation

* GitHub https://github.com/sheshbabu/zen