Hello everyone,
I’m excited to share a new open-source Android app I just released called **Smart Notes**.
I wanted a lightning-fast, AI-powered note-taking app, but I didn’t want my data locked behind proprietary subscriptions or forced into a specific corporate ecosystem.
To solve this, I built Smart Notes with a “Bring Your Own Key” (BYOK) architecture. It uses a universal OpenAI-compatible REST setup, meaning you can plug in any API key/endpoint you want to handle the text summarization and entity extraction. All of your actual notes are saved directly to a secure, local Vault on your device.
**Technical highlights:**
* 100% Open Source (Kotlin/XML)
* Local-first persistence
* Universal BYOK AI integration
* Fun fact: The entire codebase, CI/CD pipeline, and cryptographic signing was engineered and pushed to GitHub strictly from an Android device!
You can view the source code and download the signed APK directly from the GitHub Releases Here:
I am planning to submit this officially to the F-Droid repository soon, but I would love for this community to test the initial release and give me any feedback on the architecture!