Company
Built for true data ownership
Sovernote exists because your notes deserve better than a subscription to your own thoughts.
Why we built this
Every major note-taking tool today stores your data on their servers. That means your ideas, projects, and private thoughts are ultimately controlled by someone else's infrastructure, someone else's pricing decisions, and someone else's threat model. When a company gets acquired, pivots, or shuts down, your years of accumulated knowledge are at risk.
We wanted a workspace with the power of Notion — rich text, relational databases, real-time collaboration — but built on a fundamentally different premise: your data lives on your device, and you are in control of it, always.
That's why Sovernote's desktop app runs a full SQLite backend locally. No internet connection required. No account required to get started. Cloud sync is an opt-in feature for those who want it — and it's zero-knowledge, meaning even we can't read your content.
Our values
Privacy-first
We design for the case where you want absolute privacy. Encryption is on by default, not a premium add-on. We collect the minimum data needed to operate and nothing more.
Local-first
The full product works entirely offline. Network access is opt-in. Your workspace should be yours even when the internet is down, when we're doing maintenance, or if we ever cease to exist.
Long-term thinking
We build for durability, not virality. Data formats are open and portable. Features are added when they're ready. We'd rather ship one solid thing than ten half-finished ones.
Open and auditable
The sync and collaboration backend will be open source. Our encryption is based on standard primitives — Argon2id, Ed25519, X25519 — that can be independently audited and verified.
Where we are today
Sovernote is currently in open beta. The desktop app (macOS, Windows) and mobile app (iOS, Android) are free to download and use with no limitations. A web app is available for paid subscribers. Cloud sync and real-time collaboration will launch as a paid subscription in 2026.
We're a small, distributed team with a focused mission — incorporated in Estonia and working out of Malta. If you believe privacy and data ownership matter, we'd love to have you along for the journey.
Questions? Feedback? Say hello at hello@sovernote.com or visit our contact page.