Every notable change to re/notes and re/task.
Coming soon
Native apps are coming to the App Store and Google Play - re/notes first, with re/task following shortly after. The same end-to-end encrypted notes and tasks as dedicated apps, built from this same open-source code.
Fixed
Fixed dialogs being cut off by the phone's system bars. A tall dialog could put its header and close button behind the status bar and its footer behind the gesture bar, leaving no way to close it. Dialogs are now centered and sized within the area the system bars leave free.
Fixed the back gesture closing the app instead of the dialog on top of it. Back now closes the front-most dialog, menu or list first, and only navigates back once nothing is open on top of the screen.
New
Added account-wide sync of the automatic-backup recovery phrase. The phrase is now stored with your account, encrypted end-to-end like your notes, so every device you log into uses the same phrase, it survives logging out, and a phrase from an older install is adopted automatically. The written-down phrase remains the only way to restore a backup.
Added a reminder for overdue automatic backups. Backups can only run while the app is open, so when the app has not been opened past the configured backup interval, a local notification asks to open it. The reminder is scheduled entirely on the device, is replaced on every backup run, and stays silent as long as the app is used regularly; denying the notification permission only mutes the reminder, backups are unaffected.
Improved
Sped up app start and sync bookkeeping on large accounts: note content is now stored separately from note metadata in the local database, so building the note list, counting pending changes and sync reconciliation no longer read every note's full content. On accounts with thousands of notes this removes tens of megabytes of work from every cold start. Existing notes are migrated in the background after the update; nothing changes in how notes look or sync.
Fixed
Fixed the “Building your local database” banner flashing on every launch even though the local database was already built - it now appears only when the database is actually empty (the true first sync). Status banners also slide in and out smoothly instead of snapping the layout.
Fixed the Android app's cold start showing a white flash and a second loading screen before content appeared. The system splash now keeps its background consistent with dark mode and stays up until the app is ready to paint, then fades directly into the populated interface.
Improved
Improved how quickly edits from your other devices show up. Notes now refresh when you return to the app and as you move around it - opening a note, switching folders or sections - instead of only every few minutes, so a change made on another device appears within seconds of using the app rather than after a wait. Only what changed is fetched, so this stays fast even on large accounts.
Fixed
Fixed rare cases, when the same account is used on more than one device, where a change could be lost or undone during sync: archiving, restoring, or emptying the trash on one device could revert an edit just made to that note on another device; a note trashed on one device could come back if it still had unsynced edits; and a note that briefly failed to sync could be skipped by later updates. Multi-device sync now resolves these correctly.
Improved
Improved creating a note: a new, empty note now opens with the editor focused, so you can start typing right away without clicking into it first. Opening an existing note still leaves the editor unfocused, so it renders cleanly and the on-screen keyboard stays down until you tap in.
Fixed
Fixed Live preview showing raw Markdown on a note's first line before the editor was focused, so a note starting with bold or another marker briefly revealed its symbols the moment it was opened. The formatting now stays rendered until you place the cursor in the editor, where the line you are editing reveals its Markdown as before.
Fixed Ctrl/Cmd+B toggling the notes sidebar instead of applying bold in the editor. The shortcut now bolds the selected text as expected, and toggles the sidebar only when the editor is not focused.
Improved
Improved the first sync and large imports: folders, tags and saved searches are now written in batches, which is faster and uses less memory, especially on Android.
Fixed
Fixed folders and their subfolders silently disappearing from the folder tree when two devices moved folders into a loop at the same time - the app now detects and repairs the loop during sync.
Fixed a rare data-loss window where unsynced offline edits could be discarded when sync ran while the app was still locked.
Fixed folder reordering and moves occasionally snapping back when a sync ran at the same moment.
Fixed folder-tree touch gestures getting stuck after an accidental multi-finger touch, and moving a folder now shows a clear message when its target changed in the meantime.
Fixed import and export error messages appearing in Polish regardless of the app language.
Fixed the automatic-backup folder permission lingering in Android system settings after signing out - it is now released together with the backup configuration.
New
Added manual folder ordering: a sort menu in the Folders panel header switches between Alphabetical and Custom order. In custom order, folders can be dragged between rows with an insertion line showing where they land, and each folder's menu gains Move up and Move down. The arrangement is stored end-to-end encrypted like the rest of your settings and follows you across devices.
Added long-press drag for folders on touch screens: hold a folder row briefly, then drag it into another folder, out to the top level, or between rows when custom order is on, with the same drop indicators as on desktop. Pausing over a collapsed folder springs it open so the drop can land inside, and dragging near the list's edge scrolls it.
Improved
Improved deleting a folder that contains many notes: the dialog now shows live progress, first through the notes and then through the folder tree itself, instead of sitting frozen until the deletion finishes.
Improved restoring an encrypted backup with a recovery phrase typed from paper: numbering, capital letters, extra spaces, or line breaks no longer fail as a wrong password. The input is still tried exactly as typed first, so a password that merely looks like a phrase keeps working.
Improved the optional passcode that locks local-only data: repeated wrong attempts now face growing on-device delays with a visible countdown, the minimum length is enforced when setting or changing the passcode, and easy-to-guess choices such as repeated or sequential digits get a warning while typing. Enabling the passcode also verifies that the unprotected key was fully removed from the device before reporting success.
Fixed
Fixed a sync race where a note, folder, tag, or saved search created while a sync refresh was already running could be wrongly treated as deleted on the server and removed locally, only to reappear on a later sync. Removals during a refresh are now limited to items already known before it started.
Fixed folders, tags, notes, and saved searches whose data cannot be decrypted (a corrupted record, or data written under a different account's key) rendering as blank rows, with the same errors repeating in the console after every sync. They now show a Cannot decrypt placeholder with an explanation. Folders and tags stay browsable, since their contents are intact and only the name is unreadable, and offer Rename, which repairs the entry by re-encrypting the name; notes and saved searches offer Delete, and an unreadable note can no longer be opened, protecting its stored content from being overwritten.
Fixed folders nested under another folder being impossible to move back to the top level. Every folder menu now has a Move to… action with a Top level target, which also makes folders movable on touch devices, and dropping a dragged folder onto empty space in the Folders panel moves it to the top level.
Fixed two-factor verification accepting a code without a fresh password check: the code step is now bound to a short-lived, single-use challenge issued when the password is verified, so a code alone can never complete a sign-in. An expired challenge returns sign-in to the password step with a clear message.
Fixed API endpoints accepting the long-lived refresh token where the short-lived access token was required. Every authenticated endpoint now demands a real access token, so the rotation, reuse detection, and sign-out revocation that guard refresh tokens can no longer be bypassed.
Fixed importing an encrypted backup that belongs to a different account proceeding silently and filling the account with unreadable entries that fail to sync. The import now stops with a clear message pointing to the portable backup, the format made for moving data between accounts, matching the guard re/task already has.
Fixed two issues when signing in to an account while local-only data was in use. re/task now closes out the local session properly, so the account's first sync no longer stalls until a page reload and a ghost local session no longer resurfaces after signing out. And re/notes no longer uploads notes still encrypted under the abandoned local key when the sign-in happened in re/task, which could leave permanently unreadable entries on the account.
Fixed
Fixed notes that could get stuck syncing, shown as a pending count that never cleared, after a folder they were in was deleted - including a folder removed on another device. The affected notes now finish uploading and move to All Notes.
Improved
Improved saved searches with an Edit query action, on the saved-search menu in the Search section and on smart folders pinned in the folder tree, that opens a dialog to change the search text and whether it searches note content. The edited query is re-encrypted on the device, so the server still only holds ciphertext, and a smart folder open in the main list now refreshes in place when its query changes. Saving a new search from the Search section also clears the box so the new entry appears in the saved-searches list instead of hiding behind the results, and a saved-search or folder row keeps a subtle highlight while its menu is open.
Improved
Improved smart folders, the saved searches pinned in the folder tree, to open in the main list like a folder instead of jumping to the Search section. The saved query becomes the list's filter while the folder tree stays in view, and the list's Search notes box narrows within the smart folder's results. On mobile a smart folder opens as its own list view.
New
Added a dedicated Shares section that replaces the Active shares pop-up with a list-and-detail layout, like Starred. Selecting a share opens a panel with a preview of the shared snapshot, the link to reveal, copy, or send through the device's share sheet, the open count and a relative expiry such as in 6 days, and a permanent Revoke behind a confirmation. From its menu the frozen snapshot can be exported or copied as Markdown, or the live note it was created from can be opened, with a clear message when that note was deleted or trashed. The list adds search and sorting, marks a note that has changed since it was shared, and tells apart several links for the same note by a position badge and each snapshot's date. Previews and Markdown use the snapshot already on the device, so nothing is requested from the server.
Added a collapsible note list on desktop for focusing on the open note: a toggle at the left edge of the note header, or Ctrl/Cmd+B, hides the list while the icon rail stays in place. The list comes back on its own whenever no note is open, and its collapsed state is remembered per device.
Added the option to dock the note outline beside the editor on desktop, instead of the overlay panel that closed on any outside click. Once pinned, the outline stays in view while you read or edit, docking for notes that have headings and hiding for those that do not; the choice is remembered per device. On mobile the outline stays a drawer.
Added pinning a saved search to the top level of the folder tree as a smart folder, alongside pinning one inside a folder. A no:folder search pinned at the top, for instance, works as an unfiled-notes view without creating a real folder. Smart folders show above the folder list, and the pin is end-to-end encrypted like the rest of the saved search.
Added no:folder and no:tag search operators for finding notes that are not in any folder or have no tags. They match on metadata alone, so they run on the instant-search path without decrypting note contents, and combine and negate like the other operators.
Improved
Improved the per-note share dialog to match the new Shares section: revoking a link, which is permanent, now asks for confirmation; the decryption-key caution appears under a revealed link and right after a link is created; and a badge flags a snapshot whose note has changed since it was shared.
Improved the header on mobile into one compact app bar shared by every note-list view: the re/notes logo on All Notes and a single title on Starred, Journal, Active shares, and Trash, with each view's actions in a consistent place and the count, sort, and search controls below it. The desktop layout is unchanged.
Fixed
Fixed bulk actions being unreachable from search results: the multiselect toolbar (move, pin, star, delete) now appears in the Search view as it does in the other lists, so matching notes can be selected and acted on together. The count and tools row also stays above the search box in every view, instead of changing position when Search is opened.
Fixed the Folders view opening to an empty pane on desktop: entering Folders now reopens the last folder viewed in this session, or the first folder, instead of a select-or-create screen with nothing to act on. Mobile still opens the full folder tree.
Fixed the last-synced footer and the note-list timestamps ignoring the 12-hour or 24-hour time-format setting and following the browser instead, so a 24-hour setting no longer showed times like 01:05 PM. They now follow both the time-format and date-format choices in Settings.
New
Added editing tools to tables in Live Preview: toolbars to insert or delete columns and rows, and to set a column's alignment (left, center, or right). They appear when you place the cursor in a table - one above the active column, one beside the active row - and the active column is highlighted, since alignment in Markdown tables applies to the whole column. Rows could previously only be added by pressing Tab or Enter at the end of the table.
Improved
Improved Live Preview tables to show formatting inside cells - bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, and links - instead of the raw Markdown, matching how the same table looks in Preview and Markdown source. A cell switches to its raw text while you are editing it, and the formatting toolbar and the Ctrl/Cmd+B and Ctrl/Cmd+I shortcuts now work inside a cell.
Improved how new notes are created. The duplicate New Note button in the note-list header was removed, leaving one always-available New Note in the icon rail with a clearer icon. Folders now also offer New note in this folder - from the folder header, the folder's ⋯ menu, and the right-click and ⋯ menus in the folder tree - so a note can be created directly in the folder you want.
Fixed
Fixed editing a Live Preview table that had an empty cell shifting the other cells in that row by one column.
New
Added a Behavior settings page gathering editing preferences in one place: the view an existing note opens in - Preview, Edit, or Split - remembered per device, and a Confirm before deleting toggle for single notes, on by default. The editor mode setting (Live Preview or Markdown source) now lives here too. Find them under Settings, Behavior.
Added desktop conveniences in the browser app: right-click a note, folder, or tag to open the same actions as the ⋯ menu, and press Ctrl/Cmd+E to switch the open note between editing and preview. The editor-mode switch in the note header now applies only to the open note and resets when you move on, so an accidental change to raw Markdown no longer affects your default.
Added automated encrypted backups in the Android and iOS apps. re/notes writes a daily backup to a folder you choose on the device, with a manual Back up now and automatic cleanup of older copies. Each backup is sealed with a 12-word recovery phrase, separate from your account password and kept in the device's secure storage, so it restores into any account - even a brand-new one - through the existing Import screen. Encryption happens on the device and the files stay in your chosen folder.
Improved
Improved syncing for accounts with thousands of notes: changes are now fetched in pages with a real progress count (for example 320 / 2000) instead of a spinner that looked stuck. The first sync on a new device also shows a progress banner while your encrypted notes download.
Fixed
Fixed the Android and iOS apps stalling - or, on Android, running low on memory and reloading - while first syncing a large account. Notes are now saved in one batch and appear as soon as they download, rather than waiting behind version-history loading. Version history is fetched when you open the history panel.
Fixed an accidental tap on New Note leaving a blank note behind in your list. A new note now stays on the device until you change something and is discarded if you leave it untouched, so it is never saved or synced empty.
Fixed duplicate periodic folders - several Daily Notes folders and the like - that a sync timing issue could create, and prevented new ones from forming. When duplicates already exist, a prompt offers to merge them into one folder per kind; notes are moved rather than deleted, and the change can be undone from version history and Trash.
Fixed deletes and restores not syncing in the Android and iOS apps: removing a note, folder, tag, or saved search, or restoring a note from Trash, worked on the device but was rejected by the server and could reappear on the next sync. These now sync reliably.
Fixed two issues when opening notes through internal links or the back and forward trail: the actions menu (⋯) and the created and updated dates could disappear when a search or filter was active, and in-note Back could jump to an unrelated note instead of closing the note to where you opened it.
Fixed the first edit of a note replacing its earlier state in version history. The version from before your first change in a session is now kept, so you can still return to how a note looked when you opened it.
New
Added find-in-note search to re/notes, opened from the note menu or with Ctrl/Cmd+F: a live match count, previous and next navigation, and a case-sensitivity toggle. It works in the editor, split, and preview modes and runs entirely on the decrypted note in memory, so nothing is sent to the server.
Added a portable, password-protected backup that restores on any account, in both apps. Export decrypts your data and re-wraps it under a password (PBKDF2 600K + AES-256-GCM); import unlocks it with that password and re-encrypts everything under the destination account's key. Both steps happen in the browser, so the server still only holds ciphertext. Notes backups keep full fidelity - pins, stars, tags, folders, periodic notes, and timestamps. Importing the same file again adds a fresh copy rather than updating in place, and the import step now says so.
Added back and forward navigation across internal links in re/notes: after following links from one note to another, step back and forward through the trail with Alt+Left and Alt+Right, the header chevrons, or the mobile back gesture. Going back restores the previous note's scroll position. The trail is kept in memory only and cleared on lock or sign-out.
Fixed
Fixed internal links in the notes Preview showing the linked note's current title instead of the label you wrote; custom link text and heading-anchor links now read as authored, matching Live Preview and exported Markdown.
Fixed importing an account-key Encrypted Backup on a different account failing silently - that backup can only be read on the account that created it. The import now stops with a clear message pointing to the portable backup, which is the one that moves data between accounts.
Fixed Polish text showing in other languages across re/task's data settings: the decrypted-export warning, the export and import buttons, and the file picker. The import summary now also fills in the real counts of imported lists, tasks, and subtasks.
New
Added a document outline panel that lists the open note's headings; selecting one scrolls the note to that heading. It opens from the outline icon in the note header. Headings now also carry anchors, so in-note links like [Section](#section) jump to the matching heading, and a link to another note can target a specific heading.
Added an in-note table of contents: insert it from the note's actions menu to build a linked list of the note's headings, refreshed in one tap when they change. Its links reuse the same heading anchors, so they also work in a shared note and in PDF and Markdown exports.
Improved
Improved Markdown import link rewriting to preserve heading anchors: a link such as [[Doc#Heading]] now points to that heading in the imported note, not just the note's top.
New
Added a What's new dialog that summarizes each release in plain language, grouped into New, Improved, and Fixed. It opens automatically after an update and is available any time from Settings, Information. The notes ship inside the app and are checked on the device, so the server is never told what you have already seen.
Fixed
Fixed the Encryption X-Ray, the split view that shows your note beside the ciphertext stored on the server, drifting off-screen: the divider slid out of view on long notes and the panel sat half off-screen on short ones. It now stays pinned to the visible editor area, with snap points, keyboard control, and a remembered split position. Opens from the lock icon in the note toolbar.
New
Added a linked-notes panel that gathers a note's backlinks and outgoing links in one place, flags mutual links, and marks broken ones. Opens from the links icon in the note toolbar, or the note's overflow menu on mobile.
Added an option to rewrite inter-note links during Markdown import: relative Markdown links and Obsidian-style [[wikilinks]] become working in-app links. It is a checkbox in the folder-import dialog, off by default.
New
Added one-way folder sync on Android and iOS: a chosen folder of Markdown files on the device is imported as notes and re-synced as those files change. The folder stays the source: notes are never written back, and removing a file on disk leaves the existing note in place.
Improved
Sped up sync on Android and iOS by fetching version history only for notes that actually changed, instead of for every note: less data transferred and shorter syncs.
Fixed
Fixed the two-factor code field on iOS accepting only five of the six digits.
Improved
Improved tag autocomplete with keyboard navigation (arrow keys to move through suggestions, Enter to pick); it now also clears the typed text once a tag is chosen.
Improved
Improved how sync failures surface: when the server rejects a change (for example a validation error or a size limit), the affected note or task now shows a clear sync error on that item instead of failing silently.
Fixed
Fixed large notes that exceeded the server's request-size limit and could not sync; the limit was raised so they upload reliably.
Fixed the task detail view leaving a task interactive after it was moved to trash; it now returns to the previous list. The search toggle is also larger and easier to tap on phones.
New
Added a local-only mode that runs fully offline with no account, keeping data on the device. It can later be upgraded to a synced, end-to-end encrypted account without losing anything.
Added an optional passcode for local-only data, putting a lock on top of on-device storage when no account is in use.
New
Added one-way folder sync in desktop browsers: a folder of Markdown files on disk is linked and its changes are re-imported into your notes automatically (disk to app), nested paths included. Uses the File System Access API in Chrome and Edge.
Added a heart icon in the navigation bar that links to ways to support the project's development.
New
Added saved searches: any query can be stored as a named view that re-runs live each time it is opened, rather than capturing a snapshot. Saved views appear in the search panel and can be pinned into the folder tree as smart folders.
Added native sharing on Android and iOS: shared links open straight in the app, and a note can be sent out through the device's system share sheet.
Improved
Improved periodic-note sync to reconcile duplicates: when the same daily, weekly, or monthly note was created on two offline devices, the copies now merge into one.
Improved Live Preview rendering: a line of three dashes (---) now shows as a horizontal divider.
Improved code blocks with a one-tap copy button and a selectable last line.
Improved
Extended signed-in sessions to last up to 30 days before a password is needed again.
New
Added push notifications for task reminders, so a reminder can reach you even when the app is closed.
Improved
Improved visibility in Windows High Contrast (forced-colors) mode: selected items no longer blend into the background.
New
Added copy and Markdown (.md) download to read-only shares, so anyone viewing a shared note or list can take its contents with them.
New
Added read-only sharing behind a private link. The snapshot stays end-to-end encrypted: the decryption key rides in the link's # fragment, which browsers never send to the server, so the server only ever stores ciphertext.
New
Added multi-select for notes, so several can be moved, deleted, or reorganized in a single action.
New
Added shared unlock across re/notes and re/task: the two apps use one end-to-end encryption key, so unlocking either one covers both with a single password.
New
Added interactive checkboxes inside notes: task items that can be ticked off in place.
New
Added daily, weekly, and monthly notes, reachable from the left icon rail, with a calendar view for moving between dates.
Added syncing of app preferences across devices (theme, language, date and time format, notification and editor settings), end-to-end encrypted like the rest of your data.
New
Added a query language to search: field operators (tag:, folder:, list:, due:, created:, modified:, is:, has:), quoted phrases, negation, and OR/AND grouping. It all runs on the device against decrypted data: the server never sees a query.
New
Added reminder-timing controls in Settings, Notifications: a lead time for how far ahead a reminder fires, and a default time of day for reminders that carry only a date.
New
Added inline image rendering in the Live Preview editor, with click-to-load: a remote image is not fetched (and your IP is not exposed to its host) until you choose to load it.
Improved
Switched the default editor mode to Live Preview, with a one-time intro for going back to plain Markdown.
New
Added visual editing of Markdown tables, cell by cell, in the Live Preview editor.
Improved
Improved Live Preview rendering of code blocks, which now display with syntax highlighting.
New
Added a Live Preview editing mode that renders Markdown formatting inline as you type, instead of showing raw syntax.
Improved
Extended folder search to include everything in a folder's subfolders, not just its top level.
Improved
Improved the first sign-in on a device with clear download progress while the encrypted data is fetched.
New
Added PDF export for notes through the system print dialog.
New
Added nested folders, so notes can be organized in a hierarchy instead of a single flat list.
New
Added Markdown import for a folder of files, with control over where they land and how duplicate names are handled.
Fixed
Fixed offline sessions not restoring after a restart, and corrected the sync indicator to reflect real connectivity instead of just the browser's online flag.
New
Released re/notes and re/task publicly under the AGPL-3.0 license, after nearly a year of private development: end-to-end encrypted notes and tasks.
