NoteDiscovery Hosting

Open your pod URL. If a login screen is shown, use the password configured for the pod; NoteDiscovery's built-in authentication is a single-user password system, not an account-registration flow. After signing in, use the New control to create a note or folder, then start writing in the Markdown editor.

The feature guide for this release explains the editor and organization tools. Review the authentication guide before changing authentication settings or sharing access.

No. PikaPods sets up and runs NoteDiscovery for you, including OS and app updates and HTTPS. You won't touch Docker or a server. Your files and database stay accessible if you ever want to move them elsewhere.

Yes. Open the same pod URL in your device's browser. NoteDiscovery has a responsive interface for desktop, tablet and mobile use, so you do not need to copy the Markdown files to each device just to use the web interface. This hosted workflow needs a connection to your pod; the project's local-server and air-gapped deployment descriptions are not a promise of offline browser editing.

Yes. Open the note, choose Share and create a share link. Anyone with that link can read the shared note without logging in, but cannot edit it through the shared page. Revoke the link when you want to stop access. This is public-link sharing, not separate collaborator accounts; see the sharing guide.

Set up incremental backups to S3 in your pod settings for automatic nightly snapshots, or download your files and database yourself. We keep whole-server backups for server failures, but they aren't a per-pod restore service, so your own backup is what protects your data.

You can use NoteDiscovery instead of Obsidian and Evernote. PikaPods runs it for you, and you can move your files and database elsewhere.

Both keep notes as Markdown files with backlinks and a graph view. Obsidian is a local app with a large plugin community, and paid options for sync and publishing. NoteDiscovery runs in the browser from your pod, so your notes are in one place on any device, with public links to single notes. It has fewer extensions and depends on reaching your pod.

No. You add prepaid credit and your pods are billed by the hour from that balance, rounded up to full hours. There are no contracts or minimum terms: delete a pod anytime and billing stops. Optional automatic top-ups keep your pods running without manual payments.

You do. And you're in full control. If you ever want to download, migrate, edit or delete your data, just enable file and database access for your pod and it will be right there.

Yes. NoteDiscovery is part of our Green Heart program, so part of the revenue from every deployed pod goes to the project.