Flatnotes
A self-hosted, modern note-taking web app that saves your notes as plain text Markdown files.
How to deploy
Deploy Flatnotes on Notploy
- Install Notploy on your server if you haven't already.
- In your Notploy panel, open a project and click Create Service → Template.
- Search for Flatnotes and click Create — Notploy configures domains, environment variables, and volumes for you.
Alternatively, create a Compose service, go to Advanced → Import from Base64, and paste this payload:
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Configuration
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