Open Note

A browser-based, minimalist, hacker-inspired notepad with built-in AI assistance. Take notes in style with a sleek cyber interface and get AI-powered help with simple keyboard shortcuts all within your browser.

Project Structure

open-note/
├── api/
│   └── chat/index.js    ← Secure API route
├── public/
│   ├── index.html       ← Main HTML
│   └── styles.css       ← Styling
├── .env                 ← Secret keys
├── vercel.json          ← Deployment
├── README.md

Features

• Not many features. Just a blank canvas to write notes in limegreen font
• Select text and press Tab + Enter to send it as a prompt to AI
• Download note as text file on your device. Nothing fancy, just classic .txt
• Meetings, study notes, doodling, or whatever, it works to take notes quickly

Setup Instructions

1. Clone this repository
2. Create a .env file in the root directory with the following variables:

   OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
   OPENROUTER_MODEL=your_preferred_model
   

3. Deploy:
   • Push to GitHub repo
   • Connect your GitHub repository to Vercel
   • Add the environment variables in the Vercel dashboard under Settings → Environment Variables.

Contributing

• Found a bug? Open an issue.
• Have a feature idea? Submit a pull request.
• Keep it simple.

License

This project is under MIT license. Use it, fork it, break it.

Acknowledgments

• OpenRouter for providing AI API access

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This is nothing revolutionary. This is a simple, browser-based, quick note-taking tool that does what I needed it to do. With AI everywhere, I added a basic AI assist so I don’t have to copy and paste my notes into ChatGPT for quick explanations. If that sounds like something you’d find useful too, it’s here for you.