docs / coming-soon

Coming soon.

Paperkites is in development. Everything else in these docs is in the app today. This page is for what isn't.

Sync

coming soonSync built into Paperkites is on the way. Notes will be encrypted at rest and in sync, and the key stays with you.

It isn't in the app yet, and there's no date for it.

Today, notes are plain markdown files on your disk. Paperkites encrypts only the notes you lock (see Locked notes).

Touch ID and Face ID

coming soonLock a note with your fingerprint or face instead of a password. Approve a new device once from one you already use, and a note locked with Face ID on your phone opens with Touch ID on your Mac.

The two kinds never cross: a password note always needs its password, and a Touch ID note never opens with one.

Sync it yourself today

You don't have to wait. Your vault is a folder of plain files, so anything that syncs folders syncs your notes.

  1. Put your notes folder somewhere that syncs: an iCloud Drive or Dropbox folder, a git repository, or any other folder-syncing tool.
  2. In Paperkites, run :vault followed by that folder, for example :vault ~/Dropbox/notes. Nothing is copied or moved; Paperkites reads the folder where it is.
  3. Do the same on your other machines.

Paperkites watches the folder while it runs, so a note that arrives from another machine shows up within a moment. If a note you're editing changes underneath you, Paperkites asks you to choose: :reload takes the file's version, :w writes yours over it.

With git

cd ~/notes
git init
git add -A
git commit -m "notes"

Commit and push whenever you like, from the terminal. Paperkites doesn't mind.

What doesn't travel

Your settings are kept on each device, in the app's data folder, outside the vault. Themes live in ~/.kites/themes/. Copy that folder yourself if you want the same themes everywhere.