Introducing Sea: A private and calm note-taking app for Windows and Linux
Hi everyone! 👋
I just released the beta of Sea, a private and calm note-taking app for Windows and Linux, built with Tauri + React.
Sea is built to be private from the ground up
Sea is local-first, but instead of the files-over-app approach many note apps are adopting, it stores your notes in a plain old local database. Everything stays on your device until you choose to turn on sync, which encrypts your notes and attachments in the cloud.
You can also lock sensitive notes with Windows Hello or a password. No need to worry about a friend or partner stumbling on your most vulnerable journal entry when they borrow your device!
Sea is designed to be calm and focused
We try to keep the layout and writing experience as non-distracting as possible. No folders to maintain, just tags and note links, so you can write first and organize later. You don't even need to think about tag icons: type the word and Sea picks a fitting icon for it, processed locally.
Purposely minimal at first, powerful when needed
You can start writing instantly. When you need more, Sea has diagrams, canvas notes (soon), and an MCP server, so you can connect your AI agents to manage your notes or surface insights from all of them.
No lock-in
Sea is Markdown-based, and you can import and export all your notes in Markdown. Using a local database doesn't mean your notes are stuck there. Even if Sea is ever discontinued, you can export everything instantly.
It's still in beta, so please keep a backup of anything important. I'd love feedback, especially from fellow Tauri devs!
https://seanotes.app