# NoteTrace

NoteTrace is a self-hosted notes app: quick to capture, easy to find, and it works offline. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/6963/notetrace

## Description

NoteTrace is a self-hosted notes app: quick to capture, easy to find, and it works offline. Notes, checklists and reminders sit in a card grid with labels and colors, with a Markdown editor, [ ], voice notes, drawings, file attachments, full-text search, version history and sharing with other accounts on your server. Import from Google Keep (Takeout, images included), Evernote (.enex), Memos, Blinko and Markdown exports such as Obsidian or Joplin, and export everything as Markdown at any time. The installed web app and the native Android app keep working with no connection. Multi-user with OIDC single sign-on and scheduled backups. No telemetry and no accounts on external services; your data stays in your appdata folder. Before the first start, fill in JWT Secret with a long random string, for example the output of openssl rand -base64 48. Insecure Cookies starts at 1 so that

## Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms: Unraid.

## Health score

49/100 (Fair), based on 3 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 79 (last commit 1 day ago)
- Popular: 25 (17 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 20 (1 install platform, Docker image)

## Links

- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/notetrace-0eu5p1j119g2n7?q=NoteTrace
- GitHub: https://github.com/TraceApps/notetrace
- Official website: https://traceapps.github.io/docs/notetrace/
- Documentation: https://traceapps.github.io/docs/

## Common questions

### Can the Android app be used without a connection to the server?

Yes, the Android app can run fully offline or sync against the same server.

### Can I import notes from Google Keep?

Yes, it imports Google Keep notes and photos from a Google Takeout export.

### Can NoteTrace be placed behind a reverse proxy?

The documentation includes reverse proxy setup and recipes for HTTPS on the LAN, Cloudflare Tunnel, and Tailscale.

### Does NoteTrace support OIDC single sign-on?

The documentation covers OIDC/SSO setup, SSO-only mode, and recovery options.

### Are scheduled backups supported?

The documentation lists scheduled auto-backups and backup/restore support.

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