# emanote

Tool that renders plain-text notes as a website, with a live preview server while editing.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/emanote/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://emanote.srid.ca
- repository: https://github.com/srid/emanote
- docs: https://emanote.srid.ca/start
- forum: https://github.com/srid/emanote/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Sridhar Ratnakumar
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: haskell
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: ema

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: heist
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: nix profile install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: AGPL-3.0-or-later, AGPL-3.0-only

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-08-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 965
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 25
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://emanote.srid.ca (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/srid/emanote (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://emanote.srid.ca/start (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/emanote (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/srid/emanote (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/srid/emanote/blob/master/emanote/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- basedOn: https://ema.srid.ca (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/srid/emanote/blob/master/emanote/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://emanote.srid.ca/install (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://emanote.srid.ca/install (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://emanote.srid.ca/start (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://emanote.srid.ca/start (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://github.com/srid/emanote/blob/master/emanote/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/srid/emanote/blob/master/emanote/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/emanote (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/srid/emanote/blob/master/emanote/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://emanote.srid.ca/theme (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://emanote.srid.ca/config (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/srid/emanote/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/srid/emanote/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/srid/emanote/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/srid/emanote (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/srid/emanote/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Emanote renders a folder of plain-text notes as a website. A live server updates the preview while the notes are edited, and a separate command writes the HTML files for deployment. Output is customized through Heist templates. It is built on Ema, and the project describes itself as the spiritual successor to neuron, with a migration guide from neuron. It is written in Haskell and installed with Nix, following the [installation guide](https://emanote.srid.ca/install).

The [getting-started page](https://emanote.srid.ca/start) links a template repository that includes a GitHub Pages workflow for static site deployment.

## Worth knowing

The install page says the nixpkgs package is out of date and that the author is prohibited from updating it, and it advises against using that package.

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