Annotating a PDF in dark mode, with the pages inverted
Browsing imported PDFs in the gallery view
- Ink that feels like a pen: pressure-sensitive and low latency, with pens and highlighters.
- Neon glow: make any pen glow.
- Disappearing ink: ink that fades away on its own, great for teaching and presenting.
- Shape snapping: draw a rough shape, hold, and it snaps clean.
- Sharp at any zoom: ink and PDFs stay crisp however far you zoom in.
- Notebooks and an infinite canvas: pages when you want structure, endless space when you don't.
- Book layouts: single, double or cover pages, scrolling or page flips.
- PDF import: bring in any PDF and write all over it.
- Room for side notes: widen a PDF's margins on any edge and take notes on the side.
- PDF text markups: highlight, underline and strike out text, add comments, search it.
- PDF colour filters: invert, sepia, contrast, brightness, multiply and screen.
- Images stay untouched: filter a PDF and its photos and images keep their true colours.
- Dark and OLED modes: easy on the eyes at night, true black on OLED screens.
- Real PDF export: sharp vector output with selectable text, links and bookmarks.
- Markdown: write in markdown and it formats as you type.
- Typed notes: tables, LaTeX equations and code highlighting, right on the page.
- 20+ page templates: Cornell, planners, music staves, isometric and more.
- Endless themes: any accent colour, eight styles for each, dual tone and Material You.
- Make it yours: rearrange the toolbar, float it or dock it on any edge, and pick its size.
- Split view: two notes side by side.
- A real file explorer: grid, gallery, list, column and timeline views, with plenty to customise.
- Your notes, your folders: notes are saved as files in a folder you choose, not locked away in an app's database, so you stay in full control of them.
- Works with stylus pens: S Pen and many others.
- Always editable: nothing gets flattened, so every stroke can be moved, restyled or erased later.
- Private: open source, no account, no ads, no tracking, no permissions.
| Channel | |
|---|---|
| GitHub Releases | Signed APK |
| F-Droid | Built reproducibly from source |
| Google Play | Automatic updates |
GitHub and F-Droid ship the same signed APK, so you can switch between them without reinstalling.
Needs JDK 17, NDK 27.0.12077973 and CMake 3.22.1.
git clone https://github.com/shardulvs/xnotes-android.git
cd xnotes-android
JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk-17 ./gradlew assembleDebug