Notebook

A modern cloud notebook application with GitHub-inspired design.

Features

• 🔐 Secure Authentication - Powered by better-auth with email/password
• 📝 Notes Management - Create, edit, delete, and organize your notes
• 🔗 Sharing - Share notes publicly with a link
• 🎨 GitHub-style UI - Modern dark theme with Octicons
• 📱 Responsive - Works on desktop and mobile
• ⚡ Fast - Uses Bun for blazing-fast performance

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React 19, Vite 6, React Router 7
• Backend: Express.js 5
• Database: MongoDB (native driver)
• Authentication: better-auth
• Icons: GitHub Octicons

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Bun 1.0+
• MongoDB database (local or Atlas)

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/innovatorved/notebook.git
cd Notebook

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Create environment file
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your MongoDB URI and secrets

Development

# Start API server
bun run dev          # or: bun run bun:dev

# In another terminal, start frontend
bun run dev:frontend # or: bun run bun:dev:frontend

# Open http://localhost:5173

Production

# Build frontend
bun run build        # or: bun run bun:build

# Start production server
bun start            # or: bun run bun:start

# Open http://localhost:3000

Scripts

Task	bun
Dev server	bun run bun:dev
Dev frontend	bun run bun:dev:frontend
Build	bun run bun:build
Production	bun run bun:start
Export DB	bun run bun:export-db
Migrate users	bun run bun:migrate-users

Database Operations

Export Database (Backup)

bun run bun:export-db
# Exports all collections to scripts/backups/

Migrate Users (from old JWT system)

# Always backup first!
bun run bun:export-db