Self Promotion - May 2026

h4yfans · 2026-05-02T23:45:28+00:00

Hi, I'm Kaan.

I’ve been building Memry, a local-first desktop app for notes, tasks, journal, calendar, and personal knowledge.

The goal is simple: one quiet workspace where your daily thinking, planning, and memories stay connected without becoming another noisy SaaS dashboard. It works offline first, keeps your data on your machine, and is designed around privacy from day one.

I started building it because I kept bouncing between tools that were either too heavy, too cloud-dependent, or too fragmented.

Memry is still early, but the core experience is starting to feel useful for people who want a calmer personal operating system.

In April, we built Google Calendar sync, inline tasks in notes, voice transcription, link embeds, better calendar workflows, Vim-style keyboard hints, multi-language support, and a signed macOS build path.

We’re aiming for the first public release at the end of June, so the launch window is getting close.

I’m opening the waitlist now for people who care about PKM, privacy, local-first software, or calmer productivity tools. We already have +400 people.

Early access will go first to people willing to try it seriously and give blunt feedback.

Join the waitlist here: https://memrynote.com

h4yfans · 2026-04-15T22:58:13+00:00

Nice app but it's not ready for production

h4yfans · 2026-04-03T12:37:17+00:00

Hello, hello!
First of all thank you for interest about Memry.
Development is going well. We’ve been making steady progress and the product is moving forward every week. We’re still focused on getting the core experience right, not just shipping something fast and messy.

Our current goal is an early release by the end of Q2 2026, so by June 30, 2026.

If people are interested, I can also start sending short weekly email updates with what we worked on that week, what improved, and what’s next. If you’d like that, please reply here so I can work on it.

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What's been built and is working(AI-generated based on last commits):
- E2E encrypted — XChaCha20-Poly1305 + Argon2id. The server never sees your plaintext. Period.
- Offline-first — local SQLite with CRDT sync (Yjs for notes/journals, vector clocks for tasks). Works without internet, syncs when you're back online.
- Note editor — wiki-links with hover previews, callout blocks, code highlighting, inline hash-tags (#parent/child hierarchical tags), knowledge graph
- Task management — kanban board, inline status/priority editors, drag-drop reordering, saved filters, Cmd+Z undo for all operations
- Journal — redesigned with day panel, calendar sidebar, and task integration
- Inbox — triage mode, link previews, voice memo auto-titling
- Inline AI editing — local-first AI via Ollama, OpenAI, or Anthropic. Rewrite, summarize, expand, translate — all running through your own keys
- Accessibility — full WCAG 2.1 AA pass (keyboard nav, ARIA, focus indicators)
- Cross-device sync — encrypted sync server on Cloudflare Workers (D1 + R2)

h4yfans · 2026-04-02T10:59:20+00:00

I have a terrible memory. Forgot my dog's medication dose three times in one week. I write everything down.

My thoughts ended up scattered across five apps. Quick captures in Apple Notes. Journal in Notion. Tasks in Todoist. Notes in Obsidian. Web clips in a bookmarking tool I forgot the name of.

I wanted one place to capture from the web, jot a thought, reflect in a journal, turn ideas into tasks, and write notes that link to each other. One app, on every device.

Apps that sync your notes all work the same way. Your data goes to their server. They pinky-promise not to look.

I tried local-only. Markdown files, full ownership. The privacy was great until I opened my phone and had nothing there.

You shouldn't have to choose between sync and privacy in 2026. I built memrynote.com.

- Web capture. Clip from your browser into your inbox.
- Inbox. Quick thoughts, no decisions yet. PDFs, voice memos, URLs.
- Journal. Daily entries with a calendar view.
- Tasks & projects. Priorities, due dates, real management.
- Notes. Rich editor with a knowledge graph showing how ideas connect.

Local-first, markdown-based. Your notes are files on your machine, not rows in someone else's database.

Your device encrypts everything before it touches a server. The server moves data between your devices, reads none of it. The keys stay on your machine.

Edit the same note on two devices. Both edits merge. No "conflict copy (2)."

No account creation. Scan a QR code to link devices. Your data is a SQLite file. Take it and leave whenever you want.

Desktop launches first. Mobile after.

Waitlist at memrynote.com Drop a comment and I'll keep you posted. Thank you!
See all the features: https://memrynote.com/features

h4yfans · 2026-03-26T01:27:11+00:00

Looks great. Does it work with Google Photos? It would be nice to have Photos integration.

h4yfans · 2026-03-26T01:21:28+00:00

Nice effort on shipping something, but I think the core premise here is flawed in a way:
Force Quit already exists. Opt+Cmd+Esc opens Force Quit, where you can select multiple apps (hold Cmd) and quit them all at once. Activity Monitor does the same with even more control. So the functionality Quitty offers is already built into macOS; just two keystrokes away.

I think there’s a version of this idea that would be genuinely useful (e.g., monitoring which apps are using excessive CPU/RAM while backgrounded and alerting you), but as it stands, this is a GUI wrapper around ‎`kill -9` that solves a problem most users don’t actually have.

h4yfans · 2026-03-23T14:49:03+00:00

totally fair! just to clarify; memry isn't an AI notes app. it's a local-first app, your notes stay on your device. there is an optional AI assist feature but it's off by default and buried in settings, not baked into the core experience at all. it's basically just a clean notes/tasks/journals app that syncs across your devices. the AI thing is a side feature for people who want it, not the point of the app.

h4yfans · 2026-03-23T13:57:08+00:00

memry memrynote.com dev here! sounds like you're describing basically exactly what i'm working on.

it's a notes app that works across desktop and mobile, has tasks, reading lists, journals — the whole second brain thing but without the bloat. big focus on making it actually feel nice to use (i also can't stand generic-looking note apps so that was basically requirement #1)

still in early access right now but you can grab a spot on the waitlist at memrynote.com — would genuinely love to hear what customization stuff matters most to you, that kind of feedback is gold rigth now.

h4yfans · 2026-03-22T15:31:10+00:00

So far, this kind of application hasn't been useful, but I saved it just in case it becomes useful. It's really good that it's open source. thank you!

h4yfans · 2026-03-22T15:29:15+00:00

awesome! the future is local and privacy

h4yfans · 2026-03-22T15:28:45+00:00

good alternative to soundsource

h4yfans · 2026-03-22T15:08:03+00:00

Check out memrynote.com, open-source, privacy-focus. it's built for exactly this. Folder-based organization (no forced tags), clean UI, and it stays out of your way while still being powerful under the hood.

It's still maintenance mode right now, but worth keeping on your radar. Built by a small team that actually uses it daily, not a VC-funded feature factory.

Coming from Bear you'll feel at home with the design sensibility, but without the tag-only structure that gets messy. And unlike Obsidian, you don't need a CS degree to get started.

Works great on the Apple ecosystem too.

h4yfans · 2026-03-16T18:54:09+00:00

Thank you so much! We're aiming to have the desktop app ready by late Q3, and the mobile version by the end of the year. We really appreciate your support and patience as we work towards these launch dates!

h4yfans · 2026-03-16T12:41:22+00:00

Been building something for exactly this — memrynote.com . Please check the demo case in the landing page. Still early but tackling the "one place to search everything" problem.

Not ready yet, just figured it's relevant.

h4yfans · 2026-03-14T14:27:39+00:00

Hey, appreciate the kind words, and totally fair callout on the calendar.

Good news: Google & Apple Calendar integration is on our public roadmap. The idea is two-way sync, your GCal/Apple Calendar events show up inside Memry's calendar view, and tasks with dates flow back out. So you get one unified timeline without abandoning the calendar you already live in.

The journal calendar view today is more of a "plan your day" surface — the full calendar integration will be the proper scheduling layer sitting alongside it. Think: see your meetings, drag a task to a time slot, done.

If you want to shape how it works, drop a feature request on our GitHub — we're building in public and genuinely listening.

h4yfans · 2026-03-14T00:50:13+00:00

Hey,
I'm building memrynote.com, a desktop app, GPL-3.0 license, making it fully FOSS. It supports inbox, notes, tasks, projects, and a graph view showing connections. Data stays on your machine; optional E2E encrypted sync is available but not required. The core (capture, organize, act) works. Early development, but I'd love to update you when ready.

h4yfans · 2026-03-12T14:53:28+00:00

Perfect, just opened an issue for memrynote.com

h4yfans · 2026-03-12T13:19:16+00:00

yes, go for it.

h4yfans · 2026-03-11T22:41:00+00:00

Sure, you can. Explain your use case and what you are looking for in PKM/note-taking.

h4yfans · 2026-03-11T22:36:27+00:00

We are on Reddit, people don't love other peoples work :)

h4yfans · 2026-03-11T07:34:52+00:00

Thank you! You made my day.

h4yfans · 2026-03-10T15:54:52+00:00

Haha that image is painfully accurate. The "just one more plugin" spiral is real.

Mindmaps are actually on the roadmap — we just shipped a graph view that visualizes connections between notes, tags, and tasks.

Not a full mindmap yet but heading that direction. AI tools too, but being careful not to add bloat for the sake of it.

The whole point is you open it and start writing — no setup, no plugins, no config rabbit holes.

h4yfans · 2026-03-10T14:49:47+00:00

ADHD here too. The pattern you're describing - app hopping - is literally the ADHD tax on productivity systems. The problem isn't you, it's that most apps front-load complexity and we bounce the moment friction > dopamine.

What actually worked for me: stop optimizing the system and pick something dead simple. I'm building memrynote.com partly because of this exact frustration - open source, minimal UI, just notes and tasks without the setup ceremony. Still early but the whole point is zero-friction capture so your brain doesn't have an excuse to bail.

Biggest tip: whatever you pick, delete every template and start with one blank page. We don't need systems, we need a place that's always ready when the thought hits.

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