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kept

Google Keep-style notes for iOS, Android, and self-hosting. Offline-first, with optional sync.

  • Completely free
  • Android and iOS
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

kept is a note-taking program, available on Android and iOS.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: offline use, sync across devices, attachments, reminders and due dates, self-hosting on your own server, notifications, home screen widgets, multi-user support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Google Keep-style notes for iOS, Android, and self-hosting.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Offline-first, with optional sync.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Use Kept offline on iOS and Android, self-host your own server, or choose Kept Cloud for hosting, backups and sync across devices.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Kept is a notes app built for quick capture: text notes, checklists, images, drawings, links, attachments, labels, colors, and reminders.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Kept is a notes app built for quick capture: text notes, checklists, images, drawings, links, attachments, labels, colors, and reminders.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Most self-hosted notes apps I tried were either powerful but fiddly, or simple but missing the feel I wanted.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Get push notifications directly to your browser or phone, and sync them to Google Calendar or any CalDAV-friendly calendar if you want everything in one place.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “It includes native reminders, saved places, quick share, home screen widgets, and on-device Smart Capture on supported devices.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Includes local user accounts, custom profile avatars, and optional two-factor authentication (2FA) for extra security.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “External access, MCP, and SSO” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of kept is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub ericerkz/kept (AGPL-3.0-only)

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