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.
Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.
You need first add the snappy repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.
Tumbleweed:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
Leap 15.x:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
If needed, Swap out openSUSE_Leap_15. for, openSUSE_Leap_16.0 if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.
With the repository added, import its GPG key:
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new snappy repository:
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
Snap can now be installed with the following:
sudo zypper install snapd
You then need to either reboot, logout/login or source /etc/profile to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the snapd and the snapd.apparmor services with the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
To install Floaties, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install floaties
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