Blinko

Blinko is built around the moment an idea arrives. Notes are cards, capture is immediate, and the working assumption is that a thought you have to file before you can write it down is a thought you lose.

Notes are stored as plain text with full Markdown support, which keeps them readable outside the app and quick to share. Retrieval is handled by retrieval-augmented generation, so you can ask for a note in ordinary language rather than recalling the exact words you typed.

Much of the appeal is in how it is packaged.

• Your own storage: notes and data stay in the environment you host, which is where the privacy claim comes from.
• Tauri builds: a light architecture with native apps for macOS, Windows, Android and Linux.
• One-line install: a single script sets up the Docker deployment.
• Managed options: PikaPods and ZimaOS both offer a one-click deployment.
• Live demo: a public instance runs with shared credentials for anyone wanting to try it first.

The project is open source and leans on community contributions, sponsorship and a share of the fees from PikaPods deployments. One rough edge is documented up front: on macOS the unnotarized build is reported as damaged on first launch, and clearing the quarantine attribute by hand is the fix.