Rnote by flxzt
Sketch and take handwritten notes.
About Rnote
From the project's README at github.com/flxzt/rnote. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Rnote is an open-source vector-based drawing app for sketching, handwritten notes and to annotate documents and pictures. It is targeted at students, teachers and those who own a drawing tablet and provides features like Pdf and picture import and export, an infinite canvas and an adaptive UI for big and small screens.
Features Adaptive UI focused on stylus input Pressure-sensitive stylus input with different and configurable stroke styles Create many different shapes with the shape tool Move, rotate, resize and modify existing content with the selection tool Different document expansion layouts ( fixed pages, continuous vertical, infinite in every direction, .. ) Customizable background colors, patterns, sizes Customizable page format (Optional) pen sounds Reconfigurable stylus butto
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 11k | github.com/flxzt/rnote |
| GitHub forks | 461 | github.com/flxzt/rnote |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 26 | rnote |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 4.8 years | since Aug 2021 |
| Last commit | 6 days ago | May 1, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 66 | last: 6 days ago |
| Funding links | 2 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Rnote?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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