The best tools feel like part of the page. Select a passage and save it in one motion. Keep reading without breaking focus.
Highlight in place
Choose a color the moment something resonates. Your selection remains anchored to the original text.
Open source · Your server · Your notes
Remember the ideas
that move you.
Highlight any webpage, add a thought in the moment, and find it again when it matters. Notelix turns scattered reading into a private, searchable memory.
- ✓ No tracking
- ✓ Optional client-side encryption
- ✓ Self-hostable
FIELD NOTES · 7 MIN READ
The shape of attention
We remember what we return to. A thought becomes useful when it can be found again, connected to its source, and carried into the next idea.
Reading is not a stream to consume, but a landscape we can map. A small mark today can become the beginning of tomorrow’s work.
Why this matters
Saved
Return to this when planning the research workflow.
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SEARCH YOUR LIBRARY“attention” · 18 results
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PRIVATE BY DESIGNYour server is connected
- Web highlighting
- Private notes
- Full-text search
- Self-hosted sync
One quiet place for what matters
From a passing sentence
From a passing sentence
to a lasting idea.
Notelix stays out of the way while you read, then brings every highlight together in a calm, searchable library.
Find the thought, not the tab
Search passages, page titles, and your own notes across every saved source.
Own the whole stack
Run Notelix on your infrastructure with Docker Compose and portable PostgreSQL storage.
docker compose up -d
A lighter reading workflow
Three moments. One memory.
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1
Notice
Select the sentence worth keeping. A compact palette appears beside your selection.
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2
Connect
Add a private note while the context is fresh. Color gives each idea a visual cue.
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3
Return
Search your library and jump straight back to the source when you need it.
Privacy is architecture
Your reading life
Your reading life
is not a data product.
Notelix has no advertising layer and no behavioral analytics. Choose your own server, keep credentials inside your browser profile, and enable client-side encryption when only you should be able to read the content.
Read the privacy approach
01Local credentials
Authentication and encryption material stay in this browser profile—not browser sync.
02Your infrastructure
Use the evaluation service or point the extension at a server you operate.
03Optional encryption
Encrypt content before transmission and keep the decryption key under your control.
Open source and operable
Make Notelix yours.
Deploy a production stack with PostgreSQL, Meilisearch, health checks, strict schema validation, graceful shutdown, and immutable container images—all documented and ready to inspect.
deploy.sh
$ docker compose up -d ✓ postgres healthy ✓ meilisearch healthy ✓ notelix ready → http://localhost:18555
Your reading deserves
a place to return to.
Install Notelix, choose where your data lives, and start building a library that gets more useful every time you read.
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