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This is "Chinese". I personally don't mind, especially if it is open source. But I've seen another China (and electron) based note-taking app vilified for this reason.

FYI It is Siyuan [1]. What is unique about it is the logseq-like block-level granularity (ref/embed/query) and (soon) the notion-like databases.

[1] https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan

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It would be trivially easy to fake a free github account as being from the US. Not hiding the fact that they're Chinese makes me trust them more.

I think CN intelligence agencies set their espionage sights a bit higher than "generic outliner app" users.

Genuinely curious…I get the trepidation of using a closed source product from China but if the code is open for all to inspect, what is the concern then?

Cognitive dissonance. We're used to the Silicon Valley model of closed-source subscription apps (Dropbox) that silently opt-in your data into their AI training models.

https://nitter.net/Werner/status/1734890651378975007

Do you build those yourself or just go to the Releases tab on Github?

Releases tab