A private, encrypted Notion alternative
Notion is a powerful tool for databases, collaborative docs, and team wikis — but everything you write is stored in plaintext on Notion’s servers. If your priority is privacy, OriginText is built differently: your notes are encrypted on your device before they leave it, and we have no way to read them.
Built for privacy
OriginText uses zero-knowledge, end-to-end encryption by design — not as an add-on. Your notes are encrypted with keys that exist only on your devices. Even if our servers were breached, an attacker would find only ciphertext. This is the fundamental difference from a cloud note service where the provider holds the keys.
Notion is well-suited to teams that share and collaborate openly on structured content. OriginText is the better fit when confidentiality is non-negotiable — personal journals, medical notes, legal research, or any content you don’t want visible to a third party.
Local-first and offline
OriginText writes every note to your device first. Open it on a plane, in a tunnel, or anywhere with no internet — your workspace is always available. Sync is optional and end-to-end encrypted when you use it. See how local-first storage works and offline notes for details.
Markdown and wikilinks
Notes in OriginText are plain markdown, so your content is never locked in a proprietary format. Use [[wikilinks]] to connect ideas across your workspace — the same lightweight linking syntax used in Obsidian and Roam. A live knowledge graph shows how your notes relate, which is especially useful for research and long-form projects where relationships between ideas matter as much as the ideas themselves.