🌀 RetroNote

A local-first, encrypted, graph-powered note-taking system with Web 1.0 soul.

✨ What is RetroNote?

RetroNote is a lightweight, extensible, and beautiful note-taking app inspired by the golden era of the web — think Geocities, BBS terminals, and textured scrollbars. Designed for digital wanderers, hackers, writers, and memory hoarders, RetroNote lets you write, organize, and visualize your thoughts in a deeply personal way.

It’s like Notion and Obsidian had a kid raised by an old Angelfire forum.

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🔧 Features

• 🧠 Graph-based linking — Connect notes into an interconnected web
• 🗂️ Tree-based structure — Nest, collapse, and expand ideas like branches
• ✍️ Markdown + Rich Text — Write your way
• 🔒 End-to-end encryption — Private by design
• 🌐 Web, Desktop & Mobile — Cross-platform by default
• ⚡ Offline-first — Works without the cloud
• 🎨 Custom themes — Includes Terminal Green, Wasteland Amber, and Digital Gothic
• 📦 Plugin support — Extend with your own tools and hacks
• 🧩 Templating system — Build reusable layouts for characters, projects, logs, etc.
• 🧠 Auto-linking & Backlinking — Build a second brain that thinks with you
• 🌌 Star Map Mode — A dreamlike, zoomable cosmos view of your notes

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/yourname/retronote.git
cd retronote

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Run it locally

npm run dev

4. (Optional) Build for production

npm run build

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📁 File Structure

/src
  /components       → UI components (graph viewer, sidebar, editor)
  /pages            → Main app pages
  /styles           → Retro-inspired themes
  /core             → Graph engine, encryption, data handling
/public
  index.html        → Entry point

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🛡️ Privacy First

RetroNote is local-first and end-to-end encrypted. Your thoughts stay yours. No telemetry. No tracking. No cloud dependency. Run it on a flash drive if you want. Your data, your way.

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🧪 Roadmap

• Tag system
• Sync via local mesh or secure self-hosting
• AI summarizer / memory browser
• Theme builder UI
• Export to .txt, .md, .pdf, or even .gmi

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🧙‍♂️ Who’s It For?

• Storytellers and worldbuilders
• Coders and cyberpunks
• Schizo post-theorists
• People who keep 900 tabs open
• Anyone who misses the real internet

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💾 Download & Install

Coming soon to:

• Windows (.exe)
• macOS (.app)
• Linux (AppImage / .deb)
• Android APK

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📜 License

MIT — do what you want, just don’t make it lame.

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🖤 Retro is the Future.

"I remembered everything until I wrote it down. Now I remember more."

RetroNote is made with care by [Your Name] — reach out, fork it, and make it weirder.