Supernotes 2
Productivity
note-taking app
SHOW HN2022
251points
164comments
#192of 2,570 in 2022
Top 8%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
12 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 40 critical, out of 76 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Pricing: 1 for, 21 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 6 againstIdea: 1 for, 6 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, attractive design and keyboard shortcuts
From 3 comments
This looks amazing. Love the attention to detail and focus on keyboard shortcuts. Also haven't seen a 3d visualisation of the relationship between my notes before. This is an…
0xferruccio on HNI've always wondered how people build such clean interface. One of the best UIs I've seen in a while. Nice work!
ipiz0618 on HNLooks great! Some things I really like: * The "seamless" mode for all the views that removes action buttons. Feels kind of like an "exploration view". * New cards created on the…
bryanph_ on HN
Markdown-based notes with unique 3D graph view
From 2 comments
This looks amazing. Love the attention to detail and focus on keyboard shortcuts. Also haven't seen a 3d visualisation of the relationship between my notes before. This is an…
0xferruccio on HNBased on a quick glance, it looks like this goes right at Notion but with Markdown based editing and rendering. I like that a lot. I want to love Notion, but I try to avoid…
dcchambers on HN
Objections
Subscription pricing is too high versus free alternatives
From 4 comments
I'm not sure 40 cards is enough to build the habits and value necessary to justify £8 a month. A free tier with unlimited cards but no sync/local only, could help to get users…
danpalmer on HNI'm happily syncing org-mode with git, so I might not be your target market, but I consider every new note-taking app as I don't think that anyone's got it perfect yet. My…
dotancohen on HNOn the linked homepage I see "No ads. No trials. All our features are free!" But on the pricing page I see it costs money for 40+ cards. I'd consider unlimited cards a feature…
ALittleLight on HNLooks great, and I wish you luck, but I'd rather pay for a binary+license for major updates, not pay monthly for a lock-in subscription. That, or a large one-time lifetime…
throwoutway on HN
Not end-to-end encrypted and no self-hosting
From 3 comments
From the features page: > On Supernotes your data is always encrypted in transit (forced SSL) and encrypted at rest (AES-256). Our team will never read or access your note…
theodorejb on HNLooks nice. Can't purchase the product for money. Not E2EE, can't self-host. Pass.
xanaxagoras on HNApp looks useful but Markdown as a service? And no self hosting even in premium?
og_pixel on HN
Electron app with input lag and high memory use
From 1 comment
I'm going to get ahead of the curve and warn everyone: Yes, Electron web application. Yes, noticeable input delay. Yes, memory consumption is how you might expect it to be. They…
caslon on HN
Requests
Offline editing support
From 1 comment
Looks good, but not being able to access the raw files means tools like foam won’t work https://github.com/foambubble/foam . There’s a whole community using foam that would…
jayflux on HN
Import from local directory or git
From 1 comment
It'd be nice to have more import options, from a local directory or git repository
kkarimi on HN
Questions
Can notes be exported as Markdown?
From 2 comments
Can i export your data as markdown?
mahathu on HNThe "Noteboard" is just the current view. If you're in the "Home" view that is a collection of all your cards, so exporting from there exports all of your cards in one go. We…
fastball on HN
Is the source code public?
From 1 comment
Is the source code public?
minroot on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 1 comment
Looks great - so much so that I assumed it would be for Apple devices only, so congratulations and thanks for the Linux support. I'll try it in a bake-off with Obsidian, but the…
AitchEmArsey on HN
Joplin
From 2 comments
No thanks, there's Joplin for an all-in-one solution, or Synching + Mark Text or any other markdown editor, completely free and open source.
andrewshadura on HNWhat advantages does the have over Joplin? Joplin is free and has a lot of these features.
aiisjustanif on HN
Notion
From 2 comments
Thank you so much for building this. I've been looking for something that's like Notion but without its horrendous performance issues, and ideally with some form of linking…
samhw on HNBased on a quick glance, it looks like this goes right at Notion but with Markdown based editing and rendering. I like that a lot. I want to love Notion, but I try to avoid…
dcchambers on HN
Logseq
From 1 comment
I'm going to get ahead of the curve and warn everyone: Yes, Electron web application. Yes, noticeable input delay. Yes, memory consumption is how you might expect it to be. They…
caslon on HN