How it works
OriginText keeps your notes on your machine and encrypts them before they ever reach a server. Here is the whole path, step by step.
1 · Local-first storage
Your notes are written straight to your browser’s on-device storage (OPFS / IndexedDB). With a free account nothing leaves your machine — the app works fully offline.
2 · Encrypted on your device
When you turn on sync, each note is encrypted with AES-GCM using keys derived on your device. The keys are never sent to us.
3 · The server only sees ciphertext
Our servers store encrypted blobs and the structure needed to sync — never readable content. This is enforced by cryptography, not by a promise. We literally cannot read your notes.
4 · Sync across your devices
Sign in on another device and your encrypted notes download and decrypt locally with the same keys. Edits reconcile in real time while staying end-to-end encrypted.
5 · Your recovery code
Because only you hold the keys, your recovery code is the one way back into an encrypted workspace. Keep it safe — there is no backdoor and we cannot reset it for you.
6 · Think in links
Type [[a note title]] to connect ideas. A live force graph shows how notes relate and surfaces the orphans you forgot to connect.