Floaties is a distraction-free note-taking application designed for users who prioritize privacy and a clean workspace. Built with a local-first philosophy, it ensures your data remains under your absolute control at all times.
WHY CHOOSE FLOATIES?
Uncompromising Privacy: Every note is secured using professional-grade AES-256 encryption. Your local vault is protected by Argon2id, a memory-hard key derivation function.
Zero Cloud Policy: Your data never leaves your machine. There are no accounts to create, no tracking scripts, and no "phoning home" to remote servers.
Minimalist UI: Modern, frameless windows built to provide a sleek experience that floats over your workflow without cluttering your screen.
Smart Persistence: The application automatically remembers your window positions, sizes, and states, so your workspace is exactly how you left it.
Atomic Storage: Powered by a thread-safe SQLite engine to ensure your data is saved reliably and instantly.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
Floaties is a solo-developed project built by a hobbyist for the community. It is free to use, ad-free, and respects your digital sovereignty.
If you find Floaties useful for your workflow, consider supporting the project via the donation link in the sidebar. Your support directly fuels further development, bug fixes, and new features.
COMPATIBILITY AND PORTABILITY
Linux Optimized: This Snap is fine-tuned for Ubuntu and other distributions using Wayland or X11.
Cross-Platform Sync: Backups and vault files are fully compatible between Linux and Windows. You can seamlessly import and export your data across different operating systems.
Windows Version: Available via the source repository (and coming soon to the Microsoft Store).
INSTALLATION
To install via terminal, use the following command:
sudo snap install floaties
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the Arch User Repository (AUR). The manual build process is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the prerequisites installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
If AppArmor is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install Floaties, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install floaties
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