NoteBit 1.2.2

Start on boot, and a cleaner settings panel.

Start on boot

• Native installs now register NoteBit to start automatically after a reboot (systemd user service on Linux, launchd on macOS, Startup launcher on Windows). On by default.
• Toggle it any time in Settings, Workspace, Server. Docker installs are managed by the container restart policy, so the toggle reflects that.

Settings

• Workspace settings are grouped into clear sections (Access, Email invites, Server, Danger zone)
• Public URL is now set in the UI, no env file needed, for serving NoteBit on your own domain
• Sidebar labels are neutral across all themes; the accent marks only the active page

Also

• Multiplayer cursors polished; welcome page for fresh installs; Support the dev link

Update: re-run the install one-liner (native) or ./update.sh (Docker).

NoteBit 1.2.1

Install without Docker, plus onboarding and polish.

Install

• Native installers: one line on macOS, Linux, and Windows with no Docker required. The installer uses your Node (20+) or fetches a private runtime that lives inside the notebit folder, downloads the prebuilt app, and starts it in the background. Docker remains fully supported via NOTEBIT_DOCKER=1
• Installers can install Docker for you where that path is chosen (winget on Windows, the official script on Linux)
• Dual-mode uninstallers that keep your notes by default, so uninstall then reinstall brings everything back

Onboarding

• Fresh installs open on a Welcome to NoteBit page: the basics, a working toggle, and where everything lives
• Default workspace is now My Workspace

Polish

• Multiplayer cursors: slim caret with a floating name flag, softer remote selections
• Sidebar labels are neutral across themes; the accent marks only the active page
• Kanban boards show a small board glyph in the sidebar
• Support the dev link in Settings

Update from 1.2.0: re-run the install one-liner (native) or ./update.sh (Docker).

NoteBit 1.2.0

The editor release. Block interactions rebuilt to Notion grade, four new block types, a smarter overview graph, and full-fidelity migration between instances.

Editor

• Box selection: drag from the page margins to select whole blocks, shown as clean block tints. Move the group with Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Up/Down, delete, copy, or act on all of them at once
• Right-click block menu: formatting row, Turn into with hover flyouts, cut/copy/paste, indent, move, duplicate, delete
• Drag is pure reorder: dropping never nests or splits blocks. Tab (or the menu) is how you nest, and nested drops resolve depth from your pointer
• Hover highlight sized to the block, handle matched to the text line, live-growing selection box, placeholder that fades properly, fixed caret placement and right-of-line selection, fixed a freeze on large pages

Blocks

• Toggle and Toggle heading: collapsible sections whose state syncs and persists
• Quote and Divider
• Callouts: slimmer, emoji in a tile, text now syncs reliably in real time
• Code blocks: copy button, minimal chrome

Pages

• Mention chips always show the page's current title and icon, and mark deleted pages
• Per-page changelog: the last 30 actions, from the page menu
• Sidebar: resizable width, remembered collapse state per user, board glyphs
• Browser back/forward navigate your page history

Overview graph

• Root pages anchor the map as large hubs; tap tag chips to filter pages out of the graph; the map now scales elastically with the window and nodes always stay in frame

Sharing and admin

• Workspace managers can adjust anyone's page access, including the page creator
• Lock/unlock reflects live for everyone viewing the page
• One People tab; in-app email setup (Resend key, from address, test send)

Migration and install

• One-line install: curl -fsSL https://notebit.org/install.sh | bash
• NoteBit backup (.json): export a workspace and import it into any NoteBit instance with boards, cards, tags, and links fully intact

NoteBit 1.1.1

Bug fixes.

• Browser back/forward now navigates your page history instead of leaving the app
• Board columns and cards now appear as nodes in the knowledge graph

NoteBit 1.1.0

Comments, mentions, and an inbox.

• Comments on any page (docs and boards), with delete-your-own
• @mentions with autocomplete from your workspace members
• Notifications inbox by the search bar: who mentioned you or commented on your pages, with an unread badge and mark-all-read
• One-command updates via update.sh, plus an in-app update-available check (your data always persists)
• Fly.io auto-stop for cost-efficient managed hosting

NoteBit 1.0.0

First public release of NoteBit.

A clean, self-hostable workspace for docs, boards, and team knowledge.

Highlights:

• Rich block editor with real-time, multiplayer collaboration
• Kanban boards where columns and cards are first-class pages
• Interactive knowledge graph of how every page connects
• Multiple workspaces, each with its own members and settings
• Per-page read / write / manage permissions, page locking, and web publishing
• One Node service plus a single SQLite file. Self-host with: docker compose up -d

License: AGPL-3.0.