Meet Anytype, a private hub for all your data: docs, tasks, files, bookmarks, contacts and more. It’s built on a new architecture that protects your privacy and data sovereignty, even when working across devices. Use it to create elegant dashboards, documents, and knowledge graphs. Available on Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Anytype is proudly:
🔐 E2E encrypted
💻 Local-first
👯♀️ P2P synced
✈️ Offline-first
💎 Open source
💖 No-code
I'm one of the few people who extensively tested anytype's first alpha version on a mac over the past 8 weeks. I used it to organise my tasks, private files and research activities. Overall I loved the experience and will continue to (heavily) use it.
Pros
- UI / UX is intuitive, exceptionally well designed, a piece of art
- performance and speed are outstanding, super slick and snappy (vs. evernote, notion, airtable, trello)
- self hosting without set up through IPFS, all complexity is abstracted away
- privacy by design - I feel deeply relieved when nobody is watching or stealing my data
- offline first - used it on a train and plane without any down times or restrictions
- potential - content addressable web links will provide devs with completely new tool sets empowering edge AI, verifiable version control / auditability
Cons
- pass phrase for key recovery might be cumbersome for non technical users
- still in alpha - I want to share it with my friends, family and colleagues asap
- small bugs re text formatting given the early stage
I believe anytype will set new standards by combining UX, convenience and privacy in unprecedented ways. Love it.
Local first. Totally offline. If you want to sync, End-to-End encryption. A new Operating System for your work. Not just another note-taking system. Passion and idealism-driven development team with deep expertise and real innovation power. An excellent secure work environment that needs to be supported in an online world that is very vulnerable to hacks, cyber-attacks and privacy infringements. As an alpha user/tester I am impressed with the work done and their plans going forward.
