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  "path": "/t/showcase-smart-notes-an-open-source-local-vault-ai-notes-app-byok/34286#post_1",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T09:09:14.000Z",
  "site": "https://forum.f-droid.org",
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    "GitHub - BigWizard94/smart-notes-app"
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  "textContent": "Hello everyone,\n\nI’m excited to share a new open-source Android app I just released called **Smart Notes**.\n\nI wanted a lightning-fast, AI-powered note-taking app, but I didn’t want my data locked behind proprietary subscriptions or forced into a specific corporate ecosystem.\n\nTo solve this, I built Smart Notes with a “Bring Your Own Key” (BYOK) architecture. It uses a universal OpenAI-compatible REST setup, meaning you can plug in any API key/endpoint you want to handle the text summarization and entity extraction. All of your actual notes are saved directly to a secure, local Vault on your device.\n\n**Technical highlights:**\n* 100% Open Source (Kotlin/XML)\n* Local-first persistence\n* Universal BYOK AI integration\n* Fun fact: The entire codebase, CI/CD pipeline, and cryptographic signing was engineered and pushed to GitHub strictly from an Android device!\n\nYou can view the source code and download the signed APK directly from the GitHub Releases Here:\n\ngithub.com\n\n### GitHub - BigWizard94/smart-notes-app\n\nContribute to BigWizard94/smart-notes-app development by creating an account on GitHub.\n\nI am planning to submit this officially to the F-Droid repository soon, but I would love for this community to test the initial release and give me any feedback on the architecture!",
  "title": "[Showcase] Smart Notes - An open-source, local-vault AI Notes app (BYOK)"
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