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PrivacyNotes is a zero-knowledge encrypted workspace that brings your notes, tasks, journals, files, and passwords into one app, so you stop juggling four separate subscriptions.
Everything is encrypted on your device with XChaCha20-Poly1305 before it ever syncs. Your keys are derived from a recovery phrase that never touches our servers, so we cannot read your content, your filenames, or anything else. This is real zero-knowledge, not a marketing label.
Five pillars, one encrypted app:
Built for privacy, not surveillance:
Pricing that respects you:
Works on web, macOS, and soon iOS, Android, Windows and Linux with a responsive mobile layout. Import from Apple Notes, Standard Notes, Google Keep, Obsidian, and markdown in a few clicks.
Pixzero by developk
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PrivacyNotes's answer:
Honestly? We have no idea, and that is the entire point. Signup is anonymous (a recovery phrase or Google, no email or personal details), the app ships zero analytics and zero trackers, and zero-knowledge encryption means we cannot see who you are or what you store. We could not name a single customer if we tried. A privacy product that tracked its users closely enough to brag about them would be missing the plot.
Pixzero by developk's answer
Pixzero bundles 9 free browser-based tools for images and short media clips โ background removal, resizing, compression, format conversion, watermarking, video-to-GIF, and audio cutting/converting. Everything runs client-side, so files aren't uploaded to a server.
PrivacyNotes's answer:
PrivacyNotes is the only zero-knowledge encrypted workspace that keeps notes, tasks, journals, files, and a password vault behind one set of on-device keys. Most privacy apps do one of those well and rent it to you monthly. We do all five, encrypt everything with XChaCha20-Poly1305 before it leaves your device, and charge once instead of forever. The encryption core is open core, published so the claims can be verified rather than trusted.
Pixzero by developk's answer
Most free background-removal or compression tools limit resolution, add watermarks, or require sign-up for repeated use. Pixzero has none of that, and because processing happens in the browser, there's no upload wait or privacy concern with the images you're editing.
PrivacyNotes's answer:
Three reasons:
Pixzero by developk's answer
People who need a quick, one-off image edit, removing a background for a profile photo, shrinking a file before uploading it, or turning a short clip into a GIF, without installing desktop software or signing up for an account.
PrivacyNotes's answer:
Privacy-conscious individuals and independent professionals who handle information they would not want a vendor reading: lawyers, journalists, healthcare and mental-health practitioners, developers, security specialists, researchers, and founders. It also fits anyone who simply wants one private home for their notes, tasks, journaling, and wellness tracking instead of spreading them across surveillance-funded apps.
Pixzero by developk's answer
Pixzero is built with Astro, React, and Tailwind CSS โ the only one of the four developk sites using this stack (the others are static HTML). Media processing (video-to-GIF, audio tools) runs client-side via a single-threaded ffmpeg.wasm build.
PrivacyNotes's answer:
React, TypeScript, Vite and Tailwind CSS.
Pixzero by developk's answer
Pixzero started as an image tool site and later added short media tools (video-to-GIF, audio cutting/converting) after users asked for a simple way to handle short clips. It's one of four free tool sites built and maintained by a solo indie developer, alongside developk.kr, FastestPDF, and FastestUnitConverter.
PrivacyNotes's answer:
PrivacyNotes started from a simple frustration: staying organized meant scattering your life across half a dozen apps, most of which could read everything you typed and billed you monthly for the privilege. We wanted one place for notes, tasks, journals, files, and passwords, encrypted so thoroughly that the people running the servers could not read a word of it, and paid for once rather than forever. So we built the encryption first, made the keys live only on your device, and published the crypto as open core so the promise could be checked, not just believed. Everything else grew from one rule: your data is yours, and no one else's to mine.
This app checks every box for me. Clean interface, no learning curve, local-first encryption, and secure sync across all of my devices.
The biggest surprise is how many apps it replaced. Instead of juggling separate apps for notes, habits, mood, activities, and important dates, everything lives in one place now. It's made staying organized a lot simpler.
Paying once and knowing I won't lose access to my workflow because I canceled yet another subscription is incredibly refreshing. That peace of mind is worth a lot to me.
The best thing about this: No subscription model, it's a one-time fee for a lifetime license. But you can start for free with the generous freemium model. I only needed to upgrade to pro because I wanted to use the app on my phone, laptop and desktop. Highly recommended! Btw, it's a perfect markdown editor as well, not sure why they don't emphasize this more.
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