v1.0.0 / local-first / no account

Your notes,
finally local.

Notes stay on disk. Built for macOS, Linux and Windows, without an account and without the cloud.

Download
$ brew install --cask demo-notes

.dmgmacOS .deb / .rpmLinux .msiWindows MIT / Apache-2.0

What it does.

Write it, find it, keep it. Three promises, and nothing else.

spec / 01-03

Capture, don't file

Open a note and start typing. Titles, folders and tags are optional, not a ritual.

Sync is a choice

Notes live in a folder you own. Put it in iCloud, Dropbox or git, or nowhere at all.

Plain Markdown

Every note is a .md file. Your editor of choice stays your editor of choice.

Up and running in a minute.

Signed builds for macOS, Linux and Windows. The buttons below resolve the latest release automatically.

.dmg / .deb / .msi

macOS

Signed and notarized .dmg for Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 13+.

Download .dmg

Windows

Portable .zip and per-user .msi installers, on x86_64 and arm64.

Download .msi

Linux

Packages for amd64 and arm64: .deb, .rpm and Arch .pkg.tar.zst.

Download .deb

This demo repository has no releases, so the resolver script leaves the buttons on the fallback: the releases page. The mechanism is in download/README.md.

Things you might ask.

Something else? Open an issue on GitHub.

Where do my notes live?

In a folder on your disk, as plain .md files. The app is a viewer and an editor, not a vault.

Do you collect any data?

No account and no telemetry. The app never phones home, and the website is a static page.

How do updates work?

Updates are manual and signed: the app points you at the latest release and you decide when to install.

What platforms are supported?

macOS 13+, Windows 10+ and modern Linux, on both arm64 and x86_64.