Myne is a local-first, encrypted markdown notebook. You write in plain markdown, and Myne encrypts every note on disk, so the files on your computer stay unreadable without your password. There is no account email, no sign-up form, and no server that can read what you write. This section gets you from a fresh install to your first note in about five minutes. You don’t start from a blank page either: when setup finishes, Myne opens a short Welcome to Myne note for you to read, edit, or replace.
What makes Myne different
- Encrypted by default. Encryption is the only mode; there is no plaintext option to forget to turn on.
- No account, no email. You don’t sign up. A vault is created locally, protected by a password only you know.
- A vault is a folder of encrypted files on your device. It is not a single file and not a cloud account, but a directory Myne creates and manages on your disk, where each note is its own encrypted file.
Myne today runs entirely on your device; nothing leaves it.
What this section covers
- Install Myne: how the app is distributed and verified.
- Create your vault: the four-step setup wizard, opened by a short safety briefing you acknowledge before setting a password.
- Your recovery phrase: the 24-word backstop that can unlock your vault.
- Unlocking your vault: what you see each time you open Myne.
- Your first note: the Welcome to Myne note that greets you, plus writing, autosave, and where notes live.
- A tour of the interface: every region of the window, named.
Already have a vault to restore?
If you are not starting fresh, and instead have a .myne-backup file from another machine that you want back, you don’t need this chapter. The Welcome screen has a Restore from backup door; follow Restore from a backup instead, then come back here once your vault is open.