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🆕 Why Self-Host?

Better Keep Notes is open source, which means you can run the entire backend on your own servers. Your notes, attachments, and account data never touch our infrastructure — everything stays on systems you control.

This is ideal for individuals who want maximum privacy, teams that need to comply with data residency requirements, or organizations that prefer to manage their own infrastructure.

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Complete Data Ownership

Your notes live exclusively on your servers. No third-party access.

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Data Residency Control

Choose the region and jurisdiction where your data is stored.

All Pro Features

Self-hosted instances unlock all premium features for your users.

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Custom Scalability

Scale storage and compute to fit your team's exact needs.

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Full Customisation

Modify and extend the app to suit your workflow as needed.

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Team Deployments

Deploy for your whole organisation under a single private backend.

🧰 How It Works

Better Keep Notes uses Firebase (or Supabase) as its backend. Self-hosting means pointing the app at your own project instead of ours. The general process looks like this:

  1. Create your Firebase or Supabase project

    Set up a new project on Firebase or Supabase in your preferred region.

  2. Clone the open-source repository

    Get the source from GitHub and follow the setup guide in the README.

  3. Configure your credentials

    Update the Firebase / Supabase config to point to your own project. No other code changes required.

  4. Deploy & use

    Build and deploy the web or mobile app. All data now flows exclusively through your backend.

Need Help Getting Set Up?

If you have questions about self-hosting, want guided setup assistance, or need a custom deployment for your organisation, reach out — we're happy to help.

contact@betterkeep.app

📜 Open Source & Transparent

The entire Better Keep Notes codebase is publicly available on GitHub. You can inspect every line of code, contribute improvements, or fork the project for your own purposes under the project's licence.

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