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<notes> v1.0.0

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@sharyzadizain sharyzadizain released this 01 Nov 20:02

Notes

  • Markdown notes in an ordinary folder that opens in any other editor.
  • Tabs for open notes, folders, drag and drop, pin, duplicate, move, move to Trash.
  • Templates and a daily note.
  • ⌘Z for trash, move, duplicate, paste, new notes and task check-off.

Sync

  • The folder is a git repo: hourly commits, so any edit can be undone.
  • Optional GitHub sign-in with a device code, no password: history goes to a private repo.
  • Pulls changes from another Mac without losing text. On a conflict both versions are kept.

Search

  • One search (⌘K) for notes, tasks, events, videos and words in transcripts.
  • Optional semantic search with the built-in Apple model.

Dictation

  • Hold a hotkey, talk, release: the text is on the clipboard.
  • Optional paste into the focused text field.
  • On-device speech recognition: GigaAM (Russian, with punctuation) or Whisper (99 languages).
    Models are downloaded on demand.
  • An animated glass orb that reacts to your voice.

Tasks and calendar

  • - [ ] task 📅 date lines in notes become tasks. Dated tasks go to Apple Calendar.
  • Day, week and month views: drag to create, move and resize, calendar colors, now line.
  • Create, rename, recolor and delete calendars.

Video and audio

  • Drop a video or audio file to transcribe it on this Mac.
  • Speakers: who says what, with renaming.
  • Save a transcript as a note. Export to .srt. Folders for transcripts.

Apple Intelligence (optional)

  • Note summaries.
  • Tasks from a transcript, sent to the calendar.

Privacy and look

  • PIN code and Touch ID. Tokens and PIN live in the Keychain.
  • No servers or accounts of our own. The network is used only for GitHub and model downloads.
  • Light and dark theme, app icon follows the theme.
  • English, Russian and Serbian (Latin).

Install

  1. Download notes.dmg below, open it and drag <notes> into Applications.
  2. This build is signed for development and not notarized yet. On first launch macOS will block it:
    open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.

Requires macOS 27 or later.