Intro

Anytype is the next-generation software that works as your brain does. It solves everyday problems while respecting your privacy and data rights. Anytype is a personal knowledge base, a digital brain that allows you to capture, describe, and connect information.

You can use Anytype to create books, tasks, notes, ideas, documents, tools and organise them any way you want. Future versions will allow you to share your work and safely collaborate with others. We want Anytype to be a global repository of knowledge.

How do we stand out?

And what can we offer you now?

Privacy: Your information is encrypted and all yours

Your data gets encrypted and stays on your devices. Data goes directly between your devices, and Nobody can access your data except you.

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Flexibility: Replace several tools with a single one

Most note-taking apps under-powering the information you create and give you strict possibilities for customisation and limited flows. With Anytype, you can create a system that serves your personal needs. Do you want a system with different templates and views in different cases? You can make your study space where lessons and courses are linked, accessible from other places (like tasks) and, managed in a database-like view? No problem! Getting things done? OKR? Easy!

Users find us an alternative to Notion that isn't in-depth about the next step of note-taking. We think so also!

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Think the way you want: Graph and database views

You can think abstract and systematic in the same application. You can create the network of your thoughts connecting things, while more strict structures like database-view are also accessible. You can get the best out of every world.

Works Offline and Locally

Everything happens on-device — even when you work with others. You can turn off your WiFi, reduce stress by having all your data in the plane/camping/remotely every time. 100% data availability and no need to rely on internet connection.

Working Offline means, No Server => No Lag.

Easy to use

With all the features above, you may think that experience will be lacking. But it does not. You can use more than ten types of blocks to create a document you like.

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It's free

• No storage limits. No upload limits. You use your device storage, and nobody can limit you.
• Backup is provided free of charge to all alpha testers. Your objects are encrypted and synced to our cafe nodes. If your device is lost or damaged, you can restore the latest snapshot from our backup node. Data on the backup node is encrypted, and the Anytype team cannot access your data. More about storage-and-deletion.md.

Fundamentals

Anytype based on these 4 fundamentals

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Use cases

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{% content-ref url="use-cases-and-tutorials/creating-a-reading-list.md" %} creating-a-reading-list.md {% endcontent-ref %}

Summary

Anytype is in its first version. An encrypted, offline-first tool for thought with robust sync on mobile and desktop. Want to see the future? Take a look at the Vision and Roadmap.

The application is in the Alpha stage. Something can be rough at the edges, so please write your thoughts and reports in the community. You can make a bug report, feature request, or ask questions there. You can also join our telegram and discord groups for chatting with other Anytypers.