Noto

A cross-platform note-taking app powered by Cortex AI. Brain dump, voice notes, universal search, and 8 themes. Built with Flutter.

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Features

Your second brain, everywhere

Brain Dump

Type and forget. Auto-saves instantly so you never lose a thought.

AI Timeline

Every note auto-sorted by time with date grouping for easy navigation.

Cortex AI

Cloud (OpenAI) or local (Ollama) AI for summaries, cleanup, explanation, quizzing, and chat.

Voice Notes

Record audio, auto-transcribe via Whisper API, and save as structured notes.

Universal Search

Full-text search across all notes with voice input support.

8 Themes

Dark, Light, Midnight, Solarized, Nord, Dracula, Tokyo Night, and Gruvbox.

AI Tab

Dedicated Cortex screen with full notes context for free-form conversation.

Cross-Platform

iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux. One codebase, everywhere.

AI Configuration

Cloud (OpenAI)

Enter your API key. Uses gpt-4o-mini for chat and whisper-1 for voice transcription.

Local (Ollama)

Run Ollama locally with gemma3:4b or any model. Default URL: 127.0.0.1:11434.

Router

Point to a custom endpoint for AI inference.

None

AI features disabled. Use Noto as a plain note-taking app.

Tech Stack

Dart (74.4%) C++ (11.2%) CMake (8.6%) Swift (3.1%) Flutter Riverpod Hive OpenAI API Ollama

Quick Start

# Prerequisites: Flutter 3.44+

flutter pub get
flutter run -d macos # macOS
flutter run -d <device> # other devices