One notes app.
Every part of your life.
From lecture notes to team runbooks, here is how people use Plainpad every day.
Ace the semester
Lecture notes, revision plans and group-project checklists in one place, searchable in a second the night before the exam.
- Pin your exam plan to the top
- Find any lecture by a single word
- Give your study group their own accounts on one install
Mon Calc II practice exam Tue Bio lab report (11:59pm!) Wed Study group @ library, 4pm Thu History essay final read Fri Free. Sleep. Pizza.
Plan the trip of the year
Flights, bookings, budgets and the list of places your friends swear you must visit. Open it on your phone, even mid-trip.
- Packing lists you can reuse
- Budget notes that add up
- Check it on any device
* Tram 28 early (beat the crowds) * Pastel de nata at Manteigaria * Sunset at Senhora do Monte * Day trip to Sintra Budget: ~350 EUR + flights
Catch ideas before they vanish
Lyrics at 2am, video scripts, poems, story drafts. A clean, distraction-free page that opens instantly and keeps every word.
- Zero clutter, just you and the page
- Auto-saves as you type
- Dark mode for late-night sessions
verse 1 late train, city glow headphones on, nowhere to go chorus idea: "plain as day"
Ship your side project
Roadmaps, snippets, server commands and launch checklists. Hook it into your own tools with the REST API.
- Monospace editor made for code
- REST API for your scripts
- Runs on any PHP 8.2+ host with MySQL, or Docker
1. Habit tracker in plain text 2. Discord bot for study group 3. Portfolio v2: darker, faster 4. Tiny recipe app for the flat
Keep a journal nobody else reads
Daily notes, gratitude lists and the thoughts you would never type into a cloud app. Turn on encryption at rest for an extra layer of protection.
- Database encryption per user
- No analytics, no ads, ever
- Export any note as plain text
Big news today. Got the internship offer. Called mum first. Celebrating with ramen. Grateful: sleep, friends, coffee
One notes app for the whole team
Meeting notes, runbooks and onboarding docs on a server you control. Give everyone an account and their own private notes.
- Unlimited users with admin and user roles
- Self-host or let us host it for you
- Your data stays on your own server
Done * Billing page shipped * Onboarding doc updated Next * Migrate old wiki * Q4 roadmap draft
Make it yours in minutes.
Download Plainpad free and run it on your own server. Or let us host it for you.