Linky Notes
Create, organize & filter your private notes by one or more tags, add references & format your notes using Markdown editor.

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