ivyNote
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ivyNote is a local-first Markdown notes app built for developers, writers, and curious minds. Write offline, sync across devices, and connect ideas with backlinks and a knowledge graph. Use AI to explore your notes, or connect them to your favorite AI tools via MCP. Your notes stay portable with Markdown export. Available on macOS, Windows, Linux, and the web. Start for free, with no account required for local notes.
PH · launched Nov 7, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: note-taking and writing apps · 264 launches, 32 in the last 7 days ▼ -6% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Notes
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More like this: all 264 launches in note-taking and writing apps →
Could you build this?
Yes A local-first Markdown editor with backlinks, a graph view, and MCP integration can be built on existing libraries such as CRDT sync engines and open protocols.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 344 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #167 of 345 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 353 days after the earliest competitor.
- I built ivyNote, a local-first Markdown notes app · hn · 2026-11-07 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- Lorem · ph · 2026-10-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- MdNote · ph · 2026-09-13 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Notes by Halo · ph · 2026-11-04 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Paragraph Notes · ph · 2026-09-26 · 154 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- inkwell - Write without distraction. · ph · 2026-09-14 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- MinkNote · ph · 2026-07-24 · 157 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Branchnote · ph · 2026-11-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
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