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What is Notes.cx?

Notes.cx was created by Paul Glushak.

Feel free to check out the changelog and roadmap.

How does this work?

Every time you open the main page, a random ID is being generated for an empty note.

You can compose your note using Markdown syntax, or just paste a bunch of text if you don't want it to look pretty ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

After you're done writing, just hit Enter or click Create and share your note with the world.

Any note you create (which lives for 24 hours) can only be edited by you.

Anything else?

I have added a couple of "helper" classes for images that you're welcome to use:

.half - 50% width
.third - 33% width
.right - float right
.left - float left
.big - "hero" image i.e. wider than the content

To use these classes, simply include them in curly braces right after your image, e.g.

![Description](http://imgurl) {.half .right}

Notes on privacy

I believe in privacy, so I do my best in excercising it everywhere, including Notes.cx.

Notes.cx does not:

• Track you. The only cookies that are saved are a temporary transient session identifier and the hash cookie that allows you to edit your note.
• Save any PII on you. The only things in the database are user hashes (same as the cookie above) and the notes that you write (with whatever you provide in them).
• Collect any information about you besides the regular logging that is done by nginx.
• Use JavaScript. (JavaScript is used for the share buttons. And highlight.js.)

Notes.cx does:

• Save your note for 24 hours. Old notes are purged every hour.
• Save your note publicly. This means that if you give someone the ID of your note, they will be able to access it.
• Allow only you to edit your note using a hash that is used to identify that it was YOU who wrote the note.
• Allow only you to delete your note, given that the hash matches. Once a note has been deleted it cannot be restored.

We use:

• Vultr for hosting (Amsterdam node). Check their privacy policy.
• Parsedown (Extra, Extended) to render Markdown.
• Hightlight.js for syntax highlighting.

Need help?

If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch via:

• Twitter.
• Mastodon.
• Email.