Edit Notes like in Notion.so. Full-Stack App using React/Express.

📓 Notion Clone

Create and Edit Notes like in Notion

This clone tries to replicate some of the great note-taking features Notion has. If you don’t know Notion.so yet, I highly recommend to check it out!

📌 Live Demo: notion-clone.kmuenster.com

📌 Medium Article: How To Build A Text Editor Like Notion

Features

• Slash Commands (Type / to turn the block into different content types)
• HTML Support (Use regular HTML tags like <a> in text blocks)
• Image Support (Upload images by using the /image command)
• Drag And Drop (Reorder blocks easily by drag and drop)
• Guest Editing (Anyone can create public pages and share them via link)
• User Management (Create an account to create private pages)
• Scheduled Jobs (Delete inactive pages and accounts automatically)

Tech Stack

The frontend is built with Next.js and fully server-side rendered. On the backend, a REST API handles saving user content and user management.

Frontend

Next.js · React.js · SCSS/SASS

Backend

Express.js · MongoDB with Mongoose · Nodemailer · JWT (Cookie-based)

Installation

1. Clone the project

    git clone https://github.com/konstantinmuenster/notion-clone.git
    cd notion-clone
   

2. Install and run backend (http://localhost:8080)

   cd backend
   npm install
   npm start
   

3. Install and run frontend (http://localhost:3000)

   cd frontend
   npm install
   npm run dev
   

About

Konstantin Münster – konstantin.digital – mail@konstantin.digital

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.

https://github.com/konstantinmuenster