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Vincent MathieuVerified
Oct 15, 2026
Documentation actually makes sense
Keyboard driven palettes gave me the muscle memory of a terminal with the discoverability of a modern app.
Keyboard driven palettes gave me the muscle memory of a terminal with the discoverability of a modern app.
Offline mode genuinely works and I kept getting things done on a long flight with no internet connection at all.
Collaboration feels native with cursors presence and comments all showing up instantly across continents and devices. Default export produces files I can archive without worrying about reading them a decade from now.
I cancelled a long running competitor subscription within a week because this covered every real workflow I had. VPN speeds held up during an entire video call across three continents without a single dropped frame.
My daily workflow improved so much that I actually look forward to opening this instead of dreading another dashboard. Setup finished in under five minutes and everything synced across my laptop phone and tablet without a single hiccup. Granular permissions let interns contribute without accidentally touching the production configuration files.
Local first architecture means my notes stay on my disk and syncing is just a convenience not a dependency. Zero bloat is a design philosophy you can feel in every menu and every settings panel.
Searching across attachments pulled quotes from pdf invoices as reliably as from plain text notes. File transfer speeds surprised me when moving a ten gigabyte archive between my two machines over the local network. Dark theme uses proper contrast ratios so my eyes feel fine after an eight hour editing marathon.
Keyboard shortcuts are thoughtfully designed and I never need to reach for the mouse during a focused writing session.
Buggy desktop client leaks file handles until my operating system refuses to open new windows and forces a reboot. Autosave failed silently during a long session and recovering drafts from the local cache was not possible at all.
Cross platform really means cross platform here and even the Linux build has feature parity with the Mac version.
Linux build does not feel like an afterthought and the maintainers respond to issues on the tracker within days. Workspace templates clone an entire project structure in one click which cut our client kickoff from hours to minutes.
Garbage onboarding experience that assumed I had already read a long blog post and left me stuck on step two. Buggy desktop client leaks file handles until my operating system refuses to open new windows and forces a reboot.
Support never replied to three different tickets opened over two months about a login loop that still happens today.
Buggy ever since the rewrite shipped and the previous version is no longer available for download anywhere.
Codebase appears clean because the UI never surprises me with inconsistent behavior between windows and dialogs. I found my new favorite productivity app and it only took one weekend of real usage to decide.
Automations save my evenings since recurring reports now generate and ship themselves while I actually eat dinner.
Encryption is enabled by default and the key management is simple enough that my less technical teammates adopted it quickly. Local first architecture means my notes stay on my disk and syncing is just a convenience not a dependency.
Converted my whole team in two weeks because the shared workspace features removed friction we did not realize we had. Being open source gave me the confidence to self host once we grew past the hosted plan.
Default color palette passes accessibility checks without any custom css which I did not expect from this tier. Automation triggers hook into my existing shell scripts without any wrapper code which keeps my toolchain simple. I replaced three separate subscriptions after a week of using this and my monthly bill actually dropped noticeably.
Automation triggers hook into my existing shell scripts without any wrapper code which keeps my toolchain simple. Snappy on an old Android phone that struggles with everything else I install from the store these days.
Terminal integration lets me launch new sessions tagged by project which keeps my shell history clean and searchable.
Great fit for a small team because permissions are granular without turning admin work into a second job. A quiet revelation to realize my morning startup script now takes seconds instead of the minute it used to require. Free tier is generous enough that I used it for three months before finally paying because I wanted to support them.
Keyboard first design wins the day for me because my hands never leave the home row during a flow state. Hands down the best choice I made this quarter and the whole team now relies on it without complaint.
After switching from a bloated enterprise tool my morning routine finally stopped including a reboot. Smart search beats every grep script I ever wrote and surfaces results across pdf attachments and old emails.
Not worth the hype and I regret the referrals I sent to colleagues who have since switched to a competitor. Mobile app crashes immediately on open after any system update which locks me out of my own notes for days.
Importing from an old competitor pulled every tag folder and attachment across cleanly within a few minutes. Keyboard first design wins the day for me because my hands never leave the home row during a flow state. No ads no popups no upsells inside my daily workflow and the pricing page is refreshingly straightforward.
Markdown support is complete including footnotes tables and code fences with syntax highlighting that actually matches my editor. A thoughtful onboarding flow walked me through the useful features without burying me in modal popups.
File transfer speeds surprised me when moving a ten gigabyte archive between my two machines over the local network. No telemetry by default meant I did not have to spend an afternoon disabling tracking before starting work. Pricing feels honest and the upgrade path from free to paid did not force me to re learn the interface.
Fast enough for anything I throw at it including nested outlines and documents with hundreds of embedded images.
Shortcut customization reached a level where I rebuilt my entire muscle memory from a decade of Vim habits. Battery impact is barely measurable even when I leave the app running in the background all day long. Response times from support exceeded my expectations and the engineer who replied actually understood my setup.
Snapshots every few minutes recovered an entire chapter after a careless undo chain ate my changes.
Billing is straightforward with per seat pricing that scales linearly rather than hiding tiers that triple the invoice.
Even on a six year old laptop this stays snappy and never spins up the fans like competing apps do. Importing from an old competitor pulled every tag folder and attachment across cleanly within a few minutes. Context switching between tools used to kill my morning and this app absorbs most of those jobs cleanly.
This hits the sweet spot between powerful and approachable without forcing me to read a thick manual. Native support for passkeys made me drop my password manager for everything inside this ecosystem. Documentation actually makes sense and the examples drop into my project with only minor edits.
Shortcut customization works until you discover the system reserves half the useful combinations without any warning. Workable for note taking yet unsuitable for structured project data because the schema layer is still immature.
Developer updates include changelogs that explain tradeoffs honestly rather than hiding regressions behind marketing language.
No telemetry by default meant I did not have to spend an afternoon disabling tracking before starting work. Impressive onboarding did not drag on and left me with a working project rather than a tour of settings.
Mobile app crashes immediately on open after any system update which locks me out of my own notes for days. Support never replied to three different tickets opened over two months about a login loop that still happens today.
Uptime has been rock solid for the entire year I have been paying for the professional tier.
Documentation claims features that do not exist in the shipping product which wasted a full afternoon of integration work.
Autosave quietly rescued a three hour draft after a power outage took down my whole desk. Integrations with my calendar and task manager were painless and triggered automatically without any extra configuration. Native support for passkeys made me drop my password manager for everything inside this ecosystem.
At this price point I expected cut corners but every feature feels considered and tested in real workflows. Granular permissions let interns contribute without accidentally touching the production configuration files.
Granular permissions let interns contribute without accidentally touching the production configuration files. I cancelled a long running competitor subscription within a week because this covered every real workflow I had. Shipping updates monthly without breaking existing automations is rarer than it should be and I truly appreciate it.
A clean separation between data and interface meant I could migrate between major versions without losing anything. I replaced three separate subscriptions after a week of using this and my monthly bill actually dropped noticeably. Integrations with my calendar and task manager were painless and triggered automatically without any extra configuration.
Dark theme uses proper contrast ratios so my eyes feel fine after an eight hour editing marathon. Converted my whole team in two weeks because the shared workspace features removed friction we did not realize we had. Several hidden shortcuts in the help menu transformed how fast I move through long documents.
I used to live in spreadsheets and this replaced that entire workflow with something far easier to maintain. Context switching between tools used to kill my morning and this app absorbs most of those jobs cleanly.
Database queries feel instant even against a table with several million rows which the previous tool choked on.
Hands down the best choice I made this quarter and the whole team now relies on it without complaint. An hour of exploration unlocked more useful functionality than a week with the heavier competitor I used before.
A quick glance at the activity log shows exactly who changed what and when which my auditors loved.
I noticed real improvements to my focus because distracting notification sounds have thoughtful opt in defaults.