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Glass Keep
With nearly 600 GitHub stars and a feature set that rivals commercial note apps, Glass Keep is the self-hosted Google Keep alternative that wraps a full-featured notes system in a glassmorphism UI with blurred backdrops, translucent modals, and smooth transitions. The React and Vite frontend renders notes in a masonry card grid with pinning, color themes, tag chips, and drag-and-drop reordering. Text notes support Markdown with headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, blockquotes, and fenced code blocks, while checklists offer inline editing, drag-to-reorder items, and direct toggle from the grid without opening the note. A freehand drawing mode provides customizable brush sizes and colors for handwritten notes. The private AI assistant runs an optimized Llama 3.2 (1B) model entirely inside the Docker container using RAG over your own notes, answering queries like "what are my AWS commands?" without any data leaving your server. Deep search spans titles, Markdown text, tags, checklist items, and image names. Import notes from Google Keep via Takeout JSON files or export your entire vault as JSON with per-note Markdown downloads. The Express backend with better-sqlite3 requires no external database. Real-time collaboration enables shared checklists with live item toggling. Dark and light themes persist across sessions, and the PWA manifest supports installation on any device. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.
Benefits
- Private Local AI Assistant
- An optimized Llama 3.2 model runs entirely inside the Docker container with RAG over your notes, providing smart search answers without any data leaving your infrastructure.
- Zero Database Configuration Required
- The Express backend uses embedded better-sqlite3 requiring no external PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Redis setup. A single Docker volume stores all notes and configuration.
- Google Keep Import Migration
- Import notes directly from Google Takeout JSON files in bulk, bringing existing Keep notes with their content and metadata into your self-hosted instance.
- Glassmorphism Visual Design
- Blurred backdrops, translucent modals, and smooth transitions create a modern visual experience with dark and light theme persistence across sessions.
Features
- Markdown Note Editor
- Rich text editing with headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, blockquotes, fenced code blocks, a formatting toolbar, and Smart Enter for automatic list continuation.
- Interactive Checklists
- Create checklist notes with drag-to-reorder items, inline editing, and direct toggle from the masonry grid without opening the note modal.
- Freehand Drawing Notes
- Create handwritten or sketched notes with customizable brush sizes and colors, stored alongside text and checklist notes in the same vault.
- Deep Cross-Field Search
- Search spans titles, Markdown body text, tags, checklist items, and image filenames with AI-powered grounding that retrieves relevant notes to answer questions.
- Real-Time Collaboration
- Share checklists with other users for live item toggling and collaborative task management across devices in real time.