# Anytype

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Anytype and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a private, end-to-end encrypted, peer-to-peer alternative to Notion for personal notes and linking. Critics find it slow and its data format opaque.

## Why people recommend it

- Notion-like alternative that is open and private (2 comments): "Open source and private notion alternative built on a really cool e2e encrypted and p2p protocol" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48080654)) "AnyType has a lot of functionality similar to Notion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46034516))

## What people warn about

- Slow, janky or gimmicky performance (3 comments): "Real cost is on the product side: no server-side AI over your notes, no server-side full-text search, slower cold-start" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47831711)) "Craft, AnyType, etc are janky, gimmicky or slow." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49866787)) "Craft, AnyType, etc are janky, gimmicky or slow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49870461))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Obsidian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/obsidian.md): 447 recommend
- [Org mode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/org-mode.md): 175 recommend
- [Notion](https://hackerapproved.com/p/notion.md): 91 recommend
- [Logseq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/logseq.md): 52 recommend
- [Apple Notes](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-notes.md): 39 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://anytype.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Anytype", https://hackerapproved.com/p/anytype/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).