Glass Keep
Self-hosted note-taking tool that provides glassy Keep-style notes app.
Overview
Glass Keep is Keep Notes alternative using Glass design. Made in React + Tailwind Glass Keep is Keep Notes alternative using Glass design. Made in React + Tailwind - nikunjsingh93/react-glass-keep The project has 551 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT.
Key Features
Source: GitHub README
- Auth & Multi-user
- Register, Login (username + password), Sign out
- Default Admin Account:
admin/admin(if no users exist) ✅ NEW - Secret recovery key download + Sign in with Secret Key
- Each user sees only their notes
- Private AI Assistant (Llama 3.2) ✅ NEW
- 100% Local & Private — Runs entirely on your own server. No data ever leaves your hardware.
- Note-Aware (RAG) — The AI reads your own notes to answer questions factually.
- Smart Search — Ask questions like “What are my AWS commands?” or “How old am I?” and get direct answers based on your private data.
- Privacy First — Uses an optimized Llama 3.2 (1B) model running inside your Docker container.
Getting Started
Source: GitHub README
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Create a note
- Choose Text / Checklist / Drawing in the composer toggle. ✅ NEW
- For text notes: Enter a Title and content.
- For checklists: Add checklist items and toggle them as needed.
- For drawings: Draw freehand with customizable brush sizes and colors. ✅ NEW
- Add tags (comma-separated) — they become chips.
- Choose a color, attach images, then click Add Note.
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Markdown editing
- Use the Formatting button (Aa) in the composer or moda
Normalized Features
Source: tool-features-normalized.json
docker, docker compose, mobile app, npm, plugins, rest api, sqlite.
Deploy
Features
Integrations & APIs
- Plugin / Extension System
- REST API
Mobile & Desktop
- Mobile App
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