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ivyNote
Last updated 2026-11-07 · benchmark measured 2026-11-07 — deterministic & reproducible
ivyNote is a local-first Markdown notes app that syncs across devices.
ivyNote at a glance
ivyNote is a local-first Markdown notes app for Markdown users, students, writers, researchers, and knowledge workers that stores notes on your device first and syncs them across devices when online.
Good for
- Writing and keeping notes that work offline and sync when you reconnect
- Linking related notes together and viewing them as a graph with backlinks
- Keeping note content encrypted at rest for privacy
- Asking plain-language questions across your own notes, including via AI tools like Claude
Pricing
Desktop apps and a local library are free, no account needed. ivyNote Cloud offers optional paid plans. Self-hosting is coming soon.
Questions people ask
Is ivyNote free?
The desktop apps are free to download, and a local library needs no account. ivyNote Cloud plans and quotas are listed in the service, and self-hosting is coming soon.
Where are my notes stored?
Notes are stored on your device first, so they work offline, and when you sign in they sync to the server you chose, either ivyNote Cloud or your own.
Which ivyNote Cloud data center should I pick?
Pick "Mainland China" if you are in mainland China and "Global" everywhere else; accounts and data in the two regions are separate.
What do I do if macOS says the app "is damaged"?
This build is not notarized by Apple yet, so you need to run xattr -cr /Applications/Ivynote.app in Terminal and open it again; see the guide for details.
Can I export my data out of ivyNote?
Yes, notes are stored as plain Markdown and can be exported as a zip at any time, including attachments.
Written by Legit.Show from ivynote.app on 2026-11-07. It does not change the score.
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Legit.Show scored ivyNote 83/100 on 2026-11-07, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/ivynote-app/2026-11-07
Is ivyNote production-ready?
Legit.Show scores ivyNote 83 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on ivyNote (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Reliability; its weakest is Privacy. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 87/100
- Accessibility — 94/100
- Security — 60/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
- Privacy — 45/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 92/100
- Discoverability — 100/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy.
- No Content-Security-Policy and no HSTS.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 283 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Who it's for
Markdown users · Students · Writers · Researchers · Knowledge workers
Pricing
Free desktop apps and local library (no account needed); ivyNote Cloud with optional paid plans; self-hosting coming soon
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from ivynote.app's own website on 2026-11-07.
- Operator
- ivyNote, as named in ivynote.app's terms, privacy page or footer.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-11-07.
Put together from public information, without ivyNote's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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