Write notes in Markdown, organize them in notebooks, search instantly. Obsidian without the sync subscription, hosted on your own server so your notes are always accessible.
The overhead of managing notes tends to grow quietly until someone asks why the team is paying four different subscriptions for overlapping features. Notebook replaces that stack with a single process that starts in under a second.
The dashboard opens at /ui and gives you a search bar, status filters, and a create form. Double-click any note to edit it inline. Behind the dashboard, every operation maps to a REST endpoint under /api/notes. Responses are JSON. Authentication is handled at the network level — put Notebook behind your VPN or reverse proxy, and it serves requests to whoever can reach it.
Download the binary and run it. Notebook starts serving immediately with a dashboard at localhost and a REST API for automation. No cloud account, no API keys to provision, no monthly invoice. Your data lives in a SQLite file you can back up, move, or query directly.
GET /api/notes — List all notes. Supports ?q=keyword for search and ?status=value for filteringPOST /api/notes — Create a new note. Send JSON with at least titleGET /api/notes/{id} — Fetch one note by IDPUT /api/notes/{id} — Update fields on an existing noteDELETE /api/notes/{id} — Remove a noteGET /api/stats — Returns total count and breakdown by statusGET /api/health — Returns {"status":"ok"} for uptime monitoringSelf-hosted personal note-taking app. Self-hosted on your infrastructure. Your data never leaves your server.
curl -fsSL https://stockyard.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --tool notebook
PORT=9370 ./notebook
http://localhost:9370
Single binary. Embedded SQLite. No Docker. No database. No dependencies.
Your license key arrives by email within 5 minutes of checkout. Set it as an environment variable and restart the binary.
export NOTEBOOK_LICENSE_KEY=stockyard_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ./notebook
No cloud connectivity required. The binary validates the key offline with Ed25519 signatures.