r/Supernote

I had posted earlier in r/Supernote_beta asking for testers for inkRead, an open-source e-ink reader built specifically for Supernote.

Thanks to everyone who tested it, reported issues, shared videos, and gave honest feedback. A lot of the 1.0.0 polish came directly from that feedback, especially around handwriting, page navigation, lasso behavior, update flow, and general reader usability.

inkRead 1.0.0 is now available 🎉

It is still not trying to replace KOReader. KOReader is great and supports far more devices. inkRead is narrower on purpose: it is built for the Supernote platform, especially devices like Manta and Nomad, and focuses on reading, handwriting, refresh behavior, and offline workflows on this hardware.

What works in 1.0.0:

• Read PDF and EPUB files
• Write and highlight directly on the page
• Movable floating tool palette
• Four pen colors, highlighter colors, adjustable thickness, eraser, lasso, undo and redo
• Pinch to zoom with page navigator
• Reflow, font size, contrast, crop, rotation, and style (mode)
• Full text search, table of contents, bookmarks, and go to page
• Dictionary lookup with thesaurus
• Add your own custom dictionaries
• Lasso selected text and add it to Supernote Digest
• Export annotations back into the PDF, or save a separate annotated copy
• RSS feed support with inkRead Daily, compiled locally on the device
• Auto prompt when a new version is available
• Easier app update flow
• Offline first
• AGPL-3.0 licensed

Demo of 1.0.0 experience:

https://reddit.com/link/1uof0oi/video/g5kahltbihbh1/player

Repo:
https://github.com/j-raghavan/inkread

APK:
https://github.com/j-raghavan/inkread/releases

Pick the latest 1.0.0 release.

A few notes:

• This is an independent community project.
• It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Ratta or Supernote.
• Sideloading is required.
• Feedback and issue reports are still very welcome.

A quick note: thank you to everyone who tested the beta version and gave feedback.

The 1.0.0 release includes several fixes and improvements that came from that feedback, including better handwriting behavior, lasso/text selection improvements, page navigation polish, update prompts, and the inkRead Daily RSS workflow.

If you try it and run into issues, GitHub issues are the best place to report them:
https://github.com/j-raghavan/inkread/issues

Thanks again!

I'm very torn on getting a Nomad. I'm worried it might end up not being maximized and I spend $500 to get it. Convince me to buy or not buy one.

A bit of myself... I work in front of my laptop daily but I normally carry around a notebook to scribble notes during meetings. I end up typing the important ones back into my OneNote together with perhaps screenshots I get during the online sessions. Not important notes are left in the notebook. I likewise have a daily dairy/calendar book that I use primarily for to-do and map it to days I intent to work on them.

Good morning, I have a supernote but only using it sporadically...looking to maximize my usage.

Looking for templates and tips and tricks please list some of your go to templates and how do I add them.

Any tips and tricks for productivity would be great.

Hey,

This week I got snorg (SuperNoteORGanizer) stable enough to share.

The problem it solves: Supernote's .note files are a binary format -- you can't sensibly keep them in a VCS (git diffs the whole file on every change), can't search them, and can't feed them to an LLM for analysis.

What snorg does:

• Ingests .note files (via supernote-tool) into a flat, machine-readable archive
• Renders pages to SVG and metadata to JSON -- so git only registers actual changes to a note, not a rewritten binary blob
• Has an optional AI pass (analyze) that transcribes pages through a vision LLM, skipping unchanged pages (content-addressable, so you're not re-paying to re-analyze pages that haven't changed)
• Exports through configurable templates (e.g. to Markdown/org-mode via pandoc)

I also included snorg.el (under examples/emacs/) -- an Emacs/denote integration that creates one org-note per notebook page with links between notes, and lets me open a note's page as SVG side-by-side with my org-note plus an optional AI analysis. That's just one example use case, not fully polished, but the archive format (the JSON structure) has stabilized enough that I wanted to share it and get feedback.

I just recently ordered the Supernote Manta and I'm super excited to get my hands on it. It'll be my first digital notebook so do you guys have any tips for me, suggestions or things to avoid?

My power and internet went out sometime last night. Thank god Supernote's core features can be used offline! (Typing on my phone's 5G)

As I get into self-hosting more, I want to have my server be the master storage for all my e-books. Bringing them over to my nomad can be somewhat annoying. I think it's excellent that one can set up a self-hosted storage for their supernote notes, but is it possible to do the same for e-books? I would love to be able to set up calibre (or some other self-hosted book manager) on my server and have my supernote sync with it so that when I add books to the server, it eventually appears on my supernote.

My Supernote Nomad WILL NOT recognize the update. I'm on 3.27.41_beta. When I tried manually updating from the supernote website, it tells me I have the wrong device. I definitely downloaded the correct version for the Nomad/Manta. I also tried updating to the plug in preview version and that tells me it's not compatible with my model.

I sure wish I could pick one up locally today. I am not happy about having to wait.

Hi everyone, I'm considering buying a Supernote but really want to test the writing feel and see the device in person before committing. Is there anyone living or working in the Ghent area who would be open to meeting up for a quick 10-15 minute coffee? Happy to buy you a coffee/drink in exchange for a quick look at the device. Thanks!