Features
Multiple workspaces.
Your choice of server.
Team, personal, and per-client workspaces, private and shared spaces inside each, a Local space that never syncs, and a server menu that includes your own infrastructure.
The unusual part
Most apps hide the server.
NoteX hands you the menu.
Every cloud notes app syncs to exactly one place: theirs. NoteX Desktop treats the server as a setting. Point it at Lisan Cloud and start in seconds, or point it at a compatible server your organization hosts, and your notes sync entirely inside your own network.
Save several servers and switch with the Change Server menu: company notes to the company server, personal notes to your own. The app keeps them cleanly apart.
The server list, recreated. Compatible self-hosted backends work like the cloud does.
Workspaces & spaces
Team notes shared.
Private notes private.
Local notes local.
An account can hold multiple workspaces (the consultancy trick: one per client), and every workspace splits into a Workspace space your team sees and a Private space only you see. Favorites float your daily drivers to the top.
Beside them all sits the Local workspace: notes that live on this device only and never sync, by design, no matter what. Journals, drafts, and anything that should not exist on any server.
Sync engineering
Sync that respects
your bandwidth and your history.
⚡ Incremental
Unchanged notes never re-download. Sync moves only what moved, so a thousand-note workspace stays quick on hotel wifi.
📡 Live sidebar
Create a note on your laptop and watch it appear on the desktop's sidebar in real time. Devices stay in step without refresh rituals.
🗑️ Trash with restore
Deleted notes go to a server-side trash: restore them, or empty it deliberately. No more "deleted on one device, gone everywhere forever."
🔀 Push, pull, or both
Sync both ways by default, or push and pull explicitly when you want control over which direction wins.
🧷 Duplicate-safe
If the same note lands twice (restored backups, moved folders), NoteX reconciles safely and never destroys a differing copy.
🔑 Simple sign-in
Sign in through your browser with a secure deep link back to the app, or with email. Sign out and local files remain exactly where they were.
Three postures, one app
The web workspace runs on the Lisan platform; the choose-your-server flexibility described here is the desktop app's superpower.
Frequently asked questions
What does self-hosting actually require?
A compatible (Supabase-based) backend your team hosts. Point the desktop app's server setting at it and sign in; notes then sync entirely inside your infrastructure. Enterprise plans include setup guidance.
Can I use two servers at once?
You keep several servers saved and switch between them; each server has its own account and workspaces. Company and personal notes stay on separate infrastructure this way.
What is the difference between Private and Local?
Private notes sync to the server but are visible only to you. Local notes never touch any server at all: they exist on the device, full stop.
What happens to shared notes when someone leaves?
Workspace notes belong to the workspace, so the team keeps them. The person's Private and Local notes were never visible to the team in the first place.
Does the web app have the same server choice?
The web workspace runs on the Lisan platform. Server choice is the desktop app's capability, which is also where self-hosting matters most: the files and the sync both stay inside your network.
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