Linky Notes

Welcome to linky_notes!

Build your own easy to filter knowledge base and store, organize & filter your notes by tags!

With linky_notes app you can:

• create, update & delete notes containing:
  • tags,
  • sources (containing title, author, link, page/s number/s & more)
  • textual content,
  • links,
  • ordered, unordered and nested lists,
  • tables,
  • bold, italicized & strikethrough text and more
• format your notes using built-in markdown editor
• organize and filter your notes by tags
• install this app through the browser on your device/s (laptop, mobile, desktop or tablet) & have all of your notes synced!

Sign up for free here: https://vadimgierko.github.io/linky-notes/ & build your own knowledge base!

<img src="public/linky-notes-app-screen-vadim-gierko.png">

Why use linky_notes?

• you can build your knowledge base by storing notes containing content from different sources (books, articles, blogs, podcasts, videos etc.) & your personal notes containing your own knowledge, ideas & reflections on any topic
• all of your notes are automatically organized (without any effort) in one place by tags you've added to them
• you can format your notes with built-in markdown editor easily & fast (check the markdown guide linked in the app's nav menu)
• your notes are easy to search & filter via tags search bar on the main page (you can also use ctrl-f search if you need)
• you don't need folders, categories or labels to organize your notes, so there is no structure or hierarchy to manage (and strugle) with
• you can add as many tags to your note/s, as you need (no limits)
• you can add sources & authors to your notes (& automatically build your sources & authors base, which will be available in the future)
• this app is not overloaded with crazy features & has simple user friendly interface
• no more overthinking about how to organize or find your notes
• you'll save a tone of time & mental resources you can use for creative activities, learning or developing projects

What you can do with linky_notes?

• add, update & delete notes containing:
  • textual content,
  • links,
  • ordered, unordered and nested lists,
  • tables,
  • bold, italicized & strikethrough text and more
• see when the note was added & updated (the app does it automatically, so you don't have to worry about it)
• add, update & delete tag/s for/to each note,
• add~~, update & delete~~ note's source containing:
  • the title of the source
  • the source's author
  • link
  • page/s number/s
  • place of publishing
  • year of publishing
• filter notes by one or more tags you've added to your notes
• navigate beetween searching sessions
• check lists of all the
  • tags,
  • sources,
  • authors stored in the app ordered alphabetically, so you can be up to date with all topics you were interested and sources you've used
• switch to light or dark mode to make your work more comfortable
• download/ install this app on your device (this app is a PWA) through the browser

How efficiently use linky_notes?

Although the linky_notes app has only a few simple functionalities, it offers endless possibilities for organizing, searching and using your notes in the way, which is impossible to many other note apps around.

Those functionalities are:

• adding one or more tags to each note,
• the ability to filter your notes by one or more tags,
• markdown editor, which enables links adding to your notes,
• each note has its own link (URL).

The way you can organize & filter your notes using those features is very customizible. You can use my tips mentioned in my app guide or create your own system!

Motivation (problem I wanted to solve & solution)

I've made this app first of all for my own needs. I read a lot, create a lot (developing different knowledge-based projects) and... do a lot of notes:

• using different techniques, like: mindmapping, sketchnoting, Cornell Note Taking method
• noting on different materials, like: paper, books pages, phone, laptop
• storing notes... everywhere

So...

Problem

I couldn't manage & organize thousands of my paper & digital notes properly (I have developed my own system, but it's too far from what I need). So I've tried a few note apps, but none of them where satisfying - something always was missing.

Solution

I've understood, that I need to:

• have all notes (paper & digital) in one place
• organize them by tags, because my paper notes were in so many folders and places & also sometimes some notes were needed to be in a few project folders in the same time

So I've decided to build this note app & solved one of my biggest problems thanks to my own app. Now my notes are tagged, organized & easy to find/ filter.

And when I've tested the app, I've decided to share it with the world to let everybody to build an easy to use, but effiecient knowledge/ notes base! Sign up & try here: https://vadimgierko.github.io/linky-notes/!

Technologies I've used in this project:

• React 18.2
• React Router 6.3
• React Redux 8.0
• Redux Toolkit 1.8
• Firebase 9.1
  • Authentication
  • Realtime Database
• React Bootstrap 2.4
• Bootstrap 5.1
• React Icons 4.4
• Bootstrap Icons 1.6
• React Markdown 8.0
• GitHub Pages 3.2
• PWA