flxzt

rnote

Rust2022–2025

flxzt / rnote

rnote

Sketch and take handwritten notes.

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Sketch and take handwritten notes.

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Observed mentions: 2022-01-21 16:00:33 UTC to 2025-03-15 14:21:25 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	5	1	4
2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
2024	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	1	1
2025	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1

What Hacker News says

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tcrenshaw·Mar 15, 2025

Check out rnote. It's similar to xournal++ but has an infinite canvas and a slightly nicer UI, assuming you're into gtk style apps. I don't know how responsive it is comparatively, I've just been doing research ahead of getting a tablet. https://github.com/flxzt/rnote

In Using a graphics tablet as a programming tool (2018)

Brajeshwar·Aug 25, 2024Submission

Rnote – Sketch and take handwritten notes

234 points · Open discussion

smoldesu·Mar 10, 2024

I mostly use Obsidian, but I do keep coming back to Zim for quickly jotting things down. It's fast and keyboard-oriented, but also includes most functionality under a WYSIWYG menu (unlike Obsidian). It's nice, if you like that fresh Free Software feel without the web technology crammed in. Also worth mentioning is Rnote, more oriented towards handwriting and feels closer to OneNote: https://github.com/flxzt/rnote

In Zim – A Desktop Wiki

jonas-w·Nov 8, 2022

Rnote - Sketch and take handwritten notes. Use it daily to take notes in lessons, never had any issues with it and he fixes stuff really fast compared to other similar sized projects (in my experience). Before that i used xournal++ but rnote feels more stable/modern but lacks some features that xournal++ has https://github.com/flxzt/rnote

In Ask HN: What are some excellent pieces of software written by a single person?

jacek·May 30, 2022

Alternative with a modern interface: Rnote (https://github.com/flxzt/rnote)

In Xournalpp++ – closs-platform, open source note taking software

tlamponi·Jan 21, 2022

> Is it using libadwaita? It seem so: https://github.com/flxzt/rnote/blob/main/Cargo.toml#L39 But it's not using any official published crate FWICT, but downloads a source tar ball directly from the GNOME servers: https://github.com/flxzt/rnote/blob/ba02e999ffebb52a9f3b2b3f... A bit weird, but maybe there's just no ergonomic and/or stable crate for it yet.

In Rnote – A note-taking application for drawing tablets, written in Rust and GTK4

nani8ot·Jan 21, 2022

There already is an open issue about this. https://github.com/flxzt/rnote/issues/37

In Rnote – A note-taking application for drawing tablets, written in Rust and GTK4

maydemir·Jan 21, 2022Submission

Rnote – A note-taking application for drawing tablets, written in Rust and GTK4

266 points · Open discussion