# SilverBullet

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/silverbullet/

9 people recommended SilverBullet in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Self-hosted, hackable note app where you can embed queries and scripts in pages; community and developer are responsive. Caveat: app loading and mobile version feel rough.

Summary written by Claude from 13 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Embeds queries and scripts in pages (2 comments in the sample): "It's self-hostable and really hackable (plugins, dynamic categorization via embedding custom queries, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897448)) "very powerful ability to embed little queries and scripts directly in a page" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49469223))
- Responsive, active community and developer (2 comments in the sample): "Loving it. Both the community and author are very helpful and responsive to questions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45986805)) "And the Dev has been awesome. Very active project." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188927))
- Clean, simple, customizable note app (2 comments in the sample): "a simple, customizable note taking app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45974901)) "seems really clean and nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586363))
- Self-hostable and hackable (1 comment in the sample): "the benefits of being able to host my notes on my Tailscale network are huge" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49471776))

## What people warn about

- Slow or buggy app loading (2 comments in the sample): "doesn't break user expectations on load, like maybe a sync button or something that doesn't feel like a buggy frontend" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982950)) "how the app loads is a major issue." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45974933))

## Other note-taking apps people recommend

- [Obsidian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/obsidian/): 306 recommend, 104 mixed, 114 criticize
- [Org mode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/org-mode/): 133 recommend, 30 mixed, 29 criticize
- [Notion](https://hackerapproved.com/p/notion/): 43 recommend, 37 mixed, 96 criticize
- [Logseq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/logseq/): 30 recommend, 19 mixed, 23 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SilverBullet", https://hackerapproved.com/p/silverbullet/ (9 recommend, 3 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.