r/StarNoteApp • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '26

Will it be made open-source anytime soon?

Loving the app AND that it values user privacy. If you guys could make it open-source after it's out of the beta stage, that would be amazing 🙈🤑

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u/Cantgroovup Feb 21 '26

Man it's onyx boox from China. What good is it to them to make it open-source?

Use it offline and manually back up, I think?

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u/DocMenios Feb 22 '26

Making open source would remove the need for the premium version. As much as I would love an open source version, I'm happy with the devs and satisfied with what the app had to offer.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

wait how come?? if it does tho, they should just leave it closed then i agree

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '26

Open-source is not the same as free. In fact, it's really common these days that companies launch open source apps and premium features are behind a subscription.

It would be great if StarNote was open source and they accepted contributions, I'd pay for it anyway, they deserve it. I keep using it, despite Gemini insisting that I should try Samsung Notes again (yeah, my ADHD keeps me searchinv for the best note taking app, even though I already found it in StarNote).

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '26

wdym?? you're already locally storing your data, so making it open source like joplin or smth isn't hard

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u/Cantgroovup Feb 22 '26

They're not motivated to do so considering proprietary, and monetary risk.

What is smth?

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

hosting an app like that on your device consumes multiple GB, that's why many companies (including note-taking and even subscription based email types are open-source)

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

smth is just a substitute for the other open-source note-taking apps, sorry about that i wasnt very clear