About Dim Notes
Dim Notes is a private notes app — encrypted on your device, free of AI, and built to stay small.
It's an independent project. No investors, no parent company, and no plans for either.
Why this exists
Most notes apps are racing to add AI. Most privacy apps are owned by larger companies that may not share their original priorities. Most notes apps have grown into workspaces with templates, blocks, and databases.
Dim Notes is the alternative to all three. A private notebook, kept simple, that won't be quietly turned into something else.
What this won't become
These commitments shape what gets built and what doesn't.
No cloud AI
Your notes are never sent to a cloud AI service or used to train a model. Any AI feature we add runs entirely on your device. Notes stay private so they can be unfinished, half-formed, or wrong — a cloud model that wants to clean them up defeats the point.
No investors
Outside funding comes with growth expectations that conflict with what makes a notes app good. Subscriptions from people who use the product is enough.
No tracking
No ads, no analytics on your notes, no data sold. Ever. Privacy isn’t a feature here — it’s the premise.
No bloat
Folders, tags, search, rich text. Templates, blocks, databases, and plugins are not on the roadmap. Ever.
How this stays honest
A security whitepaper documenting the encryption design is at /security. It includes what we protect against, what we don't, and acknowledged limitations. It's the most important document on this site for verifying that the privacy claims are real.
If anything on this page ever stops being true — investors arrive, AI gets added, the product is acquired — that change will be announced openly, with users given the chance to export their notes and leave.
Who builds Dim Notes
Dim Notes is built by Ender, a solo developer. Ender is a pseudonym used for this project — not because there's anything to hide, but because privacy products attract harassment, and a faceless project keeps the focus on the user, not the founder.
There's one person behind Dim Notes. Same person writes the code, answers support email, and decides what gets built. No team, no investors, no plans for either.
Contact
For support, billing, or anything else: [email protected]
For security issues: [email protected]
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