No. We can't because we don't have them. Notes live in your browser's local storage on your device, never on our infrastructure. The MIT-licensed source on GitHub is auditable line-by-line — you can verify there's no upload code, no analytics on note content, no telemetry. We get one anonymous pageview from Google Analytics when you load the page. That's it.

They're gone. That's the tradeoff for true local storage: your notes live in YOUR browser, and clearing browser data wipes them like it wipes cookies. This is why we ship a one-click "Export all as markdown" button — back up before clearing. Switching to a new device? Same answer: export → import. (Real device sync via end-to-end encrypted CRDTs is on the long-term roadmap, but only as an opt-in.)

Safer than typing it into any cloud-based notes app (Apple Notes, Google Keep, Notion, etc.), because those services upload, store, index, and back up your text. We don't. But "safe" is relative — anything in your browser is accessible to malware running on your device, the same way it could access your bank app. For passwords specifically, use a dedicated password manager.

No — it works as a website. But if you want a desktop icon and offline support, click "Install as app" in the menu (or your browser's address bar). That makes it a Progressive Web App, available offline, launchable from your Start menu / Dock without opening the browser first.

Yes, once you've loaded it once. The app is cached via a service worker on first visit. Subsequent visits work fully offline — create notes, edit, search, pop out to floating window. Your notes never needed the internet to begin with, since they live locally.

Not automatically — we don't upload anything, so there's no "cloud sync" to enable. The current workflow is: export as markdown from one device → import on the other. End-to-end encrypted device sync (using CRDTs over a relay you control) is on the long-term roadmap, but only as an opt-in feature. The default will always be local-only.

Export the note as a markdown file (`.md`) and share that — same as you'd share any other file. We deliberately don't offer a cloud share link, because creating one would require uploading the note to our server, which breaks the core privacy promise.

Your notes don't depend on us. They're in your browser's local storage, accessible even if alwaysontopnotes.com vanishes tomorrow. The source code is MIT-licensed on GitHub — fork it, self-host it (it's a static site, runs on any web server), or run it from a local file. The export feature also gives you portable markdown files that work with any text editor forever.