Secure Notes

Secure Notes is a VS Code port of the Joplin plugin Secure Notes, bringing password-based note encryption to your Markdown notes straight into your editor.

Protect your sensitive thoughts, credentials, and private notes — all within VS Code, without leaving your workflow.

Features

• 🔐 Encrypt .md files → .enc.md
• 🔓 Decrypt .enc.md → .md
• 🧠 Secure view (Decrypted in RAM, never touches the disk)
• 🛡️ AES encryption: (GCM, CTR, CBC) with (128 / 256)
• ⚡ Fully offline

Disclaimer

NO RECOVERY — If you forget your password, your encrypted notes are permanently lost. There is no way to recover or reset it. Please keep backups of anything important.

NO WARRANTIES — This extension is provided "as is" without any guarantees. While it uses industry-standard AES encryption, no system is 100% secure. The author is not liable for any data loss or security issues.

Use at your own risk. By using this extension, you accept these terms.

Usage

🔐 Encrypt (Lock icon)

• Open a .md file
• Click the 🔒 Lock icon in the editor title or run: Secure Notes: Encrypt
• Enter password

🔓 Decrypt (Unlock icon)

• Open a .enc.md file
• Click the 🔓 Unlock icon or run: Secure Notes: Decrypt
• Enter password

Release Notes

Check CHANGELOG.md for the full details.

Related

• 🔗 Joplin Secure Notes Plugin — the original plugin this is based on

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Contributions are welcome! Visit the GitHub repository to submit pull requests or suggest new features.