Elasticnote

What is Elasticnote?

Ever feel like your notes are being held hostage by an app? You spend hours writing, researching, and organising ideas, only to discover they're trapped in someone else's cloud. Want to take them elsewhere? Suddenly, it's complicated. We thought there should be a better way, so we built Elasticnote — a privacy-first, local-first workspace for Markdown, LaTeX, research, and everyday productivity.

With Elasticnote, you decide where your notes live. Keep them in your browser, save portable files in a local folder, or connect your own cloud storage. And when your ideas grow beyond simple notes, you've got tasks, calendars, Kanban boards, diagrams, and optional AI ready to help. Your notes, your storage, your rules. Simple, right?

Who is it for?

Elasticnote is for anyone tired of juggling five apps just to get one thing done. Researchers and academics can write papers with LaTeX, equations, citations, and PDF tools. Developers can maintain technical documentation in Markdown. Students and professionals can organise notes, tasks, schedules, and projects in one place. And privacy-conscious users can keep their work local without automatically sharing it with cloud services or AI providers.

Key features

• Local-first Markdown: Create portable notes in your browser or local folders, without being locked into a proprietary cloud.

• LaTeX and research tools: Write mathematical equations, manage citations and bibliographies, and prepare academic documents for PDF publishing.

• Calendar and tasks: Bring Daily Notes, to-do lists, deadlines, and planning together.

• Kanban boards and diagrams: Visualise projects, connect ideas, and finally organise that side project you've been postponing since 2022.

• Bring your own cloud: Connect Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or GitHub with Pro. Your cloud, your choice.

• Flexible editing: Enjoy a visual editor for everyday writing or work directly in Markdown when you want more control.

• Optional AI and MCP: Use supported local AI models or bring your own API keys, with permission-controlled access to your workspace.

• Browser extensions: Take notes while browsing with side-panel extensions for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.

How it works

Getting started is easy. Open Elasticnote on the web or in your browser's side panel, create a notebook, and start writing. Use Markdown or the visual editor for everyday notes, or LaTeX tools for more technical projects. Add tasks, calendar events, and Kanban boards as your work grows. Keep everything in your browser, connect a local folder, or use your preferred supported cloud provider. You can start taking local notes without creating an account, and AI is completely optional. No complicated setup, no unnecessary hoops.

Use cases

Research and academia: Collect references, organise research materials, write equations, manage citations, and prepare LaTeX documents while keeping control of your files. We can't promise your supervisor won't request another revision, though.

Development and technical writing: Maintain documentation, save code snippets, organise technical notes, and track project tasks with Kanban boards. Portable Markdown files make it easier to fit Elasticnote into your existing workflow.

Studying and everyday productivity: Keep lecture notes, assignments, deadlines, daily plans, and personal projects together. Spend less time hunting through browser tabs and more time getting things done.

Pricing

Elasticnote is free to start! The Free plan includes core note-taking, Markdown editing, and local-first storage, with no account required for local use. Need more flexibility? Pro Monthly and Pro Lifetime unlock unlimited notebooks, supported bring-your-own-cloud integrations, and additional premium features. The Lifetime option is perfect if your growing collection of subscriptions already needs its own spreadsheet.

Alternatives

Obsidian is a powerful Markdown knowledge management app. Elasticnote takes a broader approach by combining Markdown and LaTeX research workflows with built-in calendars, tasks, Kanban boards, and browser side-panel extensions.

Notion offers a feature-rich, cloud-based workspace. Elasticnote focuses on privacy, local-first writing, and portable files, giving you more control over where your notes are stored. We like Notion, but we also like knowing exactly where our files live.

FAQ

Where are my notes stored?

Wherever you choose! Start with browser storage, use a local folder on your computer, or connect a supported cloud provider. Your work doesn't have to live on Elasticnote's servers.

Is Elasticnote free?

Absolutely! You can start taking local notes for free without creating an account. Pro adds unlimited notebooks, BYO cloud integrations, and other premium capabilities.

Can I use my own cloud storage?

Yes! Pro supports Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, and GitHub. Bring your own cloud instead of being forced into ours.

Do I have to use AI?

Not at all. AI is entirely optional. Your notes will work perfectly well without a chatbot supervising them. No robot feelings will be hurt.

Why did we build Elasticnote?

Because we believe your notes should belong to you, not the app you used to create them. Writing, researching, and organising ideas shouldn't mean sacrificing privacy or control over your files.

Our philosophy is simple: Write what you want. Store it where you want. Use AI if you want.

No digital handcuffs. No unnecessary drama. Just a flexible workspace that grows with your ideas.

Try Elasticnote: https://www.elasticnote.com

Your notes. Your storage. Your freedom. ✨