Grug Notes
You put text, AI organizes
Simple daily notes for a complicated world
billed annually or $15 monthly
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
No credit card required • Cancel anytime
Already Grug?
Here's the deal — three simple moves
1. Write stuff down.
Type or talk. Plain text, no formatting, no organizing, no fuss.
2. Grug connects the dots.
Names, dates, companies auto-link; phone numbers, emails, and other attributes get extracted and filed where they belong.
3. Get answers.
Ask things like "Who do I know in tech that surfs?" or "What's on my training schedule for Monday?" If it's in your notes, Grug tells you.
Meet Your Grug AI Team
Thought partner, event planner, training coach.
Intelligent
co-pilots for your notes.
Grug Chat
State-of-the-Art Reasoning
Thinks deeply about your questions while considering the context of the page. A true collaborator to help you develop great plans. Worth the wait for thoughtful, nuanced answers.
Great for complex reasoning:
"Help me plan next quarter based on my goals and progress"
"Help me train for a marathon in 6 months"
"Help me improve this essay's structure and flow"
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Big Brain
Complex Planning Agent
Plan with Grug, and Big Brain will lay it out ready to add to your notes. Six month training plan? No problem. Meal prep with recipes for the next month? Easy.
Creates detailed plans like:
"6-month marathon training schedule with weekly milestones"
"30-day meal prep plan with shopping lists and recipes"
"Quarterly business goals broken down into actionable tasks"
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Everything else you get
Capture
Daily Notes
One dated page per day, your main canvas
Voice Notes
Talk naturally, get instant transcripts + voice editing
Custom Prompts
Templates for recurring notes (standups, workouts)
Organize
Smart Linking
AI creates pages for people, companies, dates automatically
Manual Links (optional)
Use [[brackets]], #hashtags, or markdown
Backlinks
Every page shows what links to it
Search & AI Query
Full-text + AI-powered finding
Share & Own
Publish Notes
Share specific notes to the web
Markdown Export
Your data, portable forever
Pro tip: Start with daily notes. Just dump everything there. The system figures out where it belongs. No folders, no categories, no decisions.
Quick answers to real questions
Free trial?
Just start using it. First 5 AI chats free. Upgrade when you're ready.
Can I export my data?
Yes. Export everything to Markdown anytime. Your notes, your data. No lock-in.
Is there a mobile app?
It's a website. Add to home screen, works like an app.
What about privacy?
Your notes are yours. We don't read them, sell them, or train AI on them.
Who shouldn't use this?
If you need offline-only or E2E encryption, we're not for you. Try Obsidian.
Is this a 'second brain' app?
If that means remembering so you don't have to, Grug say yes. But call it whatever you want. Second brain, notes app, or just Grug.
Related to Grug Brain Dev?
No, but Grug big fan. Grug Brain Dev = prophet of simplicity. We agree, complexity very bad. Manufacturing teach same lesson.
Is this sustainable?
Built to be sustainable at 100 users. No VC funding, no growth-at-all-costs. We operate within Kamanu Composites which has been around since 2007. We aim to last.
For the nerds in the room
Old-school web tech meets cutting-edge AI.
Because sometimes boring is beautiful.
Built Like It's 2009 (In a Good Way)
- • Django + MySQL (battle-tested for decades)
- • Hosted on Google Cloud Run
- • Server-rendered HTML with HTMX sprinkles
- • Optimized for cold starts
- • Works on slow connections
- • Multi-page app where back button always works
AI Without the Hype
- • Do useful things is the number one goal
- • Multiple LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google)
- • Vector embeddings for semantic search
- • Whisper 3 for accurate voice → text
- • Named entity recognition and attribute extraction
- • AI as assistant, not author
Philosophy: We take inspiration from Hacker News, Craigslist, and McMaster-Carr. Use proven tech, sprinkle in modern AI where it actually helps. Skip the heavy JavaScript frameworks. Build something fast, functional, and built to last.
A canoe company making software?
Grug Notes is a product from Kamanu Composites. Yes, we make canoes. We design them, build them from scratch, and sell them directly to customers. We do everything in-house to a fault — including building our own software since 2008. In 2020, we made 900,000 face shields and stayed organized with Roam Research. We learned a lot about scale, note-taking, and life.
After that, we knew what we wanted: the organization without the overhead. The linking without the learning curve. Notes that work when you're on the shop floor. So, in October 2022, we put a text box on a website, and Grug Notes was born. We march forward, always keeping simplicity at our core and our roots in manufacturing in our hearts.
Seven bucks a month.
Caveman simple.
Use Grug free for 30 days—no credit card, no hoops.
If it's worth it, pay $7 and keep rolling.
That's it. That's the pitch.