Docket meeting note-taking app
Ranked 2 of 4 meeting notetakers by recommenders
Recommended for structured, entry-based note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s, and it can be self-hosted for privacy. Critics question its audience and value, and note RTL text display problems.
Recommended for structured, entry-based note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s, and it can be self-hosted for privacy. Critics question its audience and value, and note RTL text display problems.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Structured entries instead of free-form docs
“I just think entries give better structure than a sort of 'open doc' self-regulated-formatting type system with headers etc.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: I built a system for active note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s” “it all about the structure being first class for the regular meeting note use case, rather than a general document”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: I built a system for active note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s” Built by someone who took meeting notes
“That was me, in meetings for years. So I decided to build Docket to be my tool.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: I built a system for active note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s” “This is what I wish I'd had with what I learned”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)” Self-hosting and privacy
“that kind of privacy is something a lot of people want these days”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Docket (system for active note-taking) now self-hosted after HN asked” “self hosted is a game changer and such a clean interface”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Docket (system for active note-taking) now self-hosted after HN asked” Clean interface
“self hosted is a game changer and such a clean interface”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Docket (system for active note-taking) now self-hosted after HN asked” “I like the clean interface”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: I built a system for active note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Unclear problem it solves
“The cool thing about vibe coded projects is they don’t need to ask the question of intended audience.”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Docket – Per-commit evidence records for agent-written code” “But for the life of me I simply don't know what problem it actually solves.”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Docket – Per-commit evidence records for agent-written code” Right-to-left text display issues
“RTL (right-to-left) text is displayed with LTR directionality and alignment.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: I built a system for active note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s” Orphaned references are unsafe storage
“orphaned references are not a safe storage location”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Docket – Per-commit evidence records for agent-written code”
Other meeting notetakers people recommend
The three most recommended other meeting notetakers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granola | 11 | 11 | 50% | 8 | — | — |
| Docket meeting note-taking appThis page | 8 | 3 | 73% | 3 | — | — |
| Fireflies.ai | 6 | 11 | 35% | 3 | — | — |
| Summit meeting insights | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“But for the life of me I simply don't know what problem it actually solves.”
“The cool thing about vibe coded projects is they don’t need to ask the question of intended audience.”
“orphaned references are not a safe storage location”
“This looks like a great product, nice work!”
“Really love this project keep up the good work”
“self hosted is a game changer and such a clean interface”
“that kind of privacy is something a lot of people want these days”
“This is what I wish I'd had with what I learned”
“RTL (right-to-left) text is displayed with LTR directionality and alignment.”
“I just think entries give better structure than a sort of 'open doc' self-regulated-formatting type system with headers etc.”
“That was me, in meetings for years. So I decided to build Docket to be my tool.”
“it all about the structure being first class for the regular meeting note use case, rather than a general document”
“I like the clean interface”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.