Rename Notable into something else and make another repo. But why would I do that? I like working on it, and people seem to like it.Ģ. Abandon Notable and move onto other projects. At some point months of my time had been put into it, and many more months were needed before the app could start to generate some revenue (I'm ~18 months in now, and no revenue yet), so I couldn't justify releasing all the code anymore, but I still wanted to improve the app.Īt this point in the story what would you do? I saw the following options:ġ. The app got a bit of traction and I thought I would continue working on it maybe for a bit longer.Ĥ. After the app was 'done', at least enough for it to be usable for me, I released it on GitHub, essentially because open-source is my default, and shared it on the internet.ģ. I couldn't stand using Evernote anymore, I couldn't find a Markdown-based alternative that I really liked, I thought I would make one for myself.Ģ. I think that sounds sketchy to some people, but hear me out:ġ. Author here, commenting on the 'I am not sure how I feel about OSS projects getting some attention and then closing source' part of your message.

Portable note taking app