Poznote

Powerful note-taking without the hassle

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August 24, 2026 Welcome to Poznote

Ten years ago, I used Evernote for all my technical notes like code, procedures, logs, incident reports and more. When I got about 2000 notes, Evernote released a big update that completely changed the way I organized my notes. So I decided to build my own simple application in PHP, with a MySQL database to store my notes. Over time, I added JavaScript to make it more interactive. Then AI arrived. It made it much easier to add new features, and Poznote started growing quickly. Some of my colleagues asked me where I had found this software. That's when I realized it was time to share it. Docker came along, so I containerized the application, changed it from MySQL to SQLite, and published it on GitHub as an opensource project. Since then, Poznote has grown thanks to great feedback from the community. Especialy the selfhosted community. To make it accessible to non-technical users (like my wife! ^^), I also created a Cloud version. Today, Poznote is still growing and more and more people are discovering and enjoying it. Hope you will aswell! Tim

1 Comment

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    The evolution from a personal tool to an open-source project and then a hosted version is interesting. The self-hosted audience seems like the clearest wedge, while the Cloud version could broaden the market without losing the product’s original simplicity.

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Poznote started as a simple tool I built for my own technical notes after moving away from Evernote. I kept improving it, open-sourced it, and shared it with the community.