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Show HN: PaperLab – Markdown editor that deliberately does less
3 points by kyleslight 1 day ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
Hi HN,

PaperLab is a Markdown editor that deliberately does less.

No plugins. No AI. No "productivity features". No collaboration.

Just: write → save locally → sync when you want.

Why? Because Notion/Obsidian/Roam became operating systems when all I needed was a notepad.

Built with IndexedDB for instant startup and optional cloud sync for multi-device.

Try it: https://paperlab.ink

It's intentionally boring. That's the point.





Did you use only syncing, without storing data on the server side?

Update: E2E encryption is live now.

When enabled, documents are encrypted on your device before syncing. The server only stores encrypted data that we can't decrypt.


Data is stored on server for sync, but local copy is the primary. Server is just for syncing between devices.

E2E encryption coming soon.




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