Atlas Notes

What Atlas Notes is

Atlas Notes is a note-taking app for Windows, macOS, and Linux that keeps notes on the user’s device. Its rich-text editor supports headings, lists, tables, and code blocks. AI features let users search notes by meaning and ask questions about their knowledge base using retrieval-augmented generation. The listed AI options include Ollama, OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini; cloud services can be used with the user’s own provider keys. A global hotkey captures text from anywhere, and users can import notes from Obsidian, Notion, or Evernote.

Atlas Notes is free and open source under the MIT License, with no subscription or account requirement to get started. The site says it has no telemetry or analytics and that notes stay private. Download formats are .exe for Windows, .dmg for macOS, and .AppImage for Linux. The site also says releases are unsigned and provides instructions for opening them on Windows and macOS. The linked GitHub releases page has no releases available. The repository credits the product’s planning and implementation to “A boy and His Bot.”

Who it suits

Atlas Notes suits people who want local note storage with rich-text editing and AI-powered search or question answering. It may also fit users moving from Obsidian, Notion, or Evernote, and those who want to use their own AI provider keys.

Getting started

1. Visit https://atlasnotes.app/.
2. Choose the download for Windows, macOS, or Linux: .exe, .dmg, or .AppImage.
3. Open the unsigned release using the site’s instructions for Windows or macOS, where applicable.
4. Start without creating an account; use your own provider keys for cloud AI options.

Verdict

Choose Atlas Notes if you want free, local note-taking with semantic search and AI question answering across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Look elsewhere if unsigned releases or the absence of releases on the linked GitHub page are a concern.