SmartNotes ✨ (in-progress)

AI-Powered Note Taking & Habit Insights
Built with FastAPI + PostgreSQL + Local AI (Ollama)

A modern full-stack note-taking application that automatically generates smart summaries and tags using AI. Perfect demonstration of clean architecture, async Python, and real AI integration.

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🚀 Features

• User Authentication (JWT)
• CRUD Notes with ownership protection
• AI Auto-Summary + Smart Tagging (powered by Ollama - fully local & free)
• Async FastAPI backend with SQLAlchemy 2.0
• Fully Typed (mypy + Pydantic)
• Docker Ready (PostgreSQL + App)
• Production-grade structure

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🛠 Tech Stack

Backend

• FastAPI (Python 3.11+)
• SQLAlchemy 2.0 + AsyncPG
• PostgreSQL
• JWT Authentication
• Ollama (Local LLM)

Frontend

• React

DevOps

• Poetry
• Docker + docker-compose
• Alembic Migrations
• Render / Fly.io ready

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🏃 Quick Start

1. Backend

cd backend

# Install dependencies
poetry install

# Start PostgreSQL
docker compose up -d postgres

# Start the API
poetry run uvicorn app.main:app --reload

Open: http?//127.0.0.1:8000/docs

2. AI (Ollama) - Switched from OpenAI since I spent my credits money on a gundam instead

Currently having issues with local M1 chip, removed AI and placed fallback for now

# Install Ollama → https://ollama.com/download
ollama pull llama3.2