Nothing loads before you type
Notes are already present in memory. Typing and switching notes give immediate local feedback instead of waiting on disk, IPC, or a network response.
Private by default, explicit by design
A notes app that starts on your machine.
Open Skriuw and write. No account gate, no cloud round-trip, no telemetry. The workspace is local first; every network feature waits for your decision.
01What local means
The page does not wait for a server to agree that it exists.
Desktop workspaces live in SQLite on disk. Browser workspaces use the same Rust core compiled to WebAssembly and store SQLite through the browser's private filesystem.
SQLite is the canonical workspace
Images are content-addressed local files rather than remote placeholders or inflated document data.
More than one way back
Verified backups, trash recovery, portable workspace archives, and background Git history give mistakes more than one way back.
Export without a converter
Export a note or the whole workspace as Markdown. Links, images, and readable source remain useful outside Skriuw.
02The boundary
Nothing crosses the network because a setting was easy to miss.
Skriuw has network features. It does not disguise them as local features. Sync, remote AI, and update checks each have a visible boundary.
Before you opt in
- No account is required
- No analytics or telemetry are sent
- Sync is off
- AI tools are off and hidden
- Your notes stay on this device
If you choose the network
- Signing in can enable multi-device sync
- Sync is encrypted in transit, not end-to-end
- Remote AI uses only the provider you configure
- Local Ollama keeps prompts on your machine
- You can return to a local-only workflow
The sync server can read content stored through sync because end-to-end encryption is not implemented yet. If that boundary does not fit your work, keep sync off; the local application remains fully usable.
03Durability
Local should not mean trapped in one database.
- Notes
- Single notes and whole workspaces export to files you can open elsewhere.
- Workspace
- Portable archives carry structured workspace state and remain compatibility-tested.
- History
- Background versions protect the archive without slowing the editor.
Plain Markdown out
Versioned archives
Git off the writing path
free · open source · no account
Start with one device. Add nothing you do not need.
The browser app and desktop app both work without an account.