Jacob Mollan

Developer + CS Student

Building open-source developer tools and software for makers.

import { build } from "curiosity" // init

// jacob mollan, developer profile

const jacob: Developer = {
  learning: "self-taught → cs degree",
  approach: "build to understand",
  mindset:  "language is a tool, curiosity is the constant",
  projects: ["notara", "..."],
  status:   "actively building",
};

// not to fill a portfolio.
// to properly understand.
// how things work.

Featured Projects

Notara

Actively maintained

// updated Mar 28, 2026

Local-first Markdown notes with tabs, tags, version history, and a knowledge graph. Built with Electron and React.

Notara

Search notes...

New Note

NOTES 3

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Ideas

Meeting notes

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A local-first Markdown note-taking app built with Electron and React. Notes stay as plain .md files on your machine - no cloud, no accounts, no telemetry. Features tabbed editing, full-text search, tag management, version history, attachments, a knowledge graph, and custom themes.

electron
react
typescript
cross-platform

Product page Latest release Microsoft Store GitHub

// more on github

Get In Touch

Let's build something.

Open to collaboration, open-source contributions, and freelance work. If you have an interesting problem, I'd like to hear about it.

[email protected]