Pro writing app for Mac.

Nota is a writing app that stands out with a radical focus on simplicity and productivity. It's designed to enable a wide range of uses: from notes and lists, to knowledge bases and wikis, to journals and books, to product docs and static sites. It works with local Markdown files for maximum privacy and complete data ownership. No accounts, no tracking, no vendor lock-in.

Beautiful editor with superpowers.

The text editor in Nota combines the familiar editing experience of a notes app with powerful productivity features like multiple selections and expand selection that professional code editors have had for years.

• inline previews

  for images and math expressions

• auto-completions

  for emoji, file paths, html tags and other special phra|ses

• spelling suggestions

  ⌃ space to see spelling suggestions for misspelled wordz

• paste images

  copy an image (ex: from a website) and paste it in the editor

• paste rich text

  ⇧ ⌘ V to paste rich text and keep the formatting (as Markdown)

• copy as

  ⇧ ⌘ c or ⌥ ⌘ c to copy selected text as rich text or html

• multiple selections

  make ten| edits at the same time, not one edit ten| times

• expand selection

  ⌘ e to expand selection to the next scope and ⌘ u to shrink it

• line commands

  move line up/down, duplicate line up/down, insert line above/below

• typography options

  quickly find and set any font installed on your device

• true plain-text

  no re-formatting on open, no format conversion on copy

• great performance

  instant typing, fast file opening, smooth scrolling

A faster way to do just about anything.

Nota features quick dialogs (similar to Spotlight) that help you move between files, headings and command as you wish. Simply hit a shortcut to open the right dialog, and blast off to whichever destination you desire.

Powerful all around.

Nota has all the features you'd expect from a writing app. Whether you come from a notes app or a code editor, Nota should feel familiar and productive.

• file manager

  browse and manage the files and folders in your workspace

• tabs

  easily switch between the files you're working on

• global hotkey

  ⌃ ⌘ o (as in nota) to bring the app to focus from any context

• gestures

  swipe left or right to hide or show the file manager

• dark mode

  the app theme matches the system preference for dark mode

• print and export

  put your words on paper or in beautiful PDF documents

• command bar

  ⇧ ⌘ p to access any command without leaving the keyboard

• quick open

  ⌘ p to go to any file (in your workspace) in a few keystrokes

• quick move

  ⇧ ⌘ m to move the current file to any folder in seconds

• go to last edit

  ⇧ ⌘ ⌫ to go to the file (or part of text) that you last edited

• auto-fix paths

  on rename file the app looks for links to it and offers to fix them

• command-line integration

  select Nota › Install Command-Line Tool... to install nota cli

No vendor lock-in.

The documents that you create in Nota are regular Markdown files that you can keep in Dropbox, manage in Finder, search with Spotlight and open with any app that works with plain-text files — desktop or mobile, now or 50 years from now. We can't lose them or limit your access to them because they are not on our computers, they are on yours, and that's how it should be.

We're also working on...

Here are some of the major feature on our roadmap. Some of these are already available as "experimental features" — press ⌥ ⌘ e to see the available experimental features and enable the ones you're interested in.

• extensions

  add functionality to Nota with extensions (JavaScript)

• git integration

  world-class version control and collaboration

• better search

  that handles spelling mistakes and does a better job at sorting results

• option to hide markup

  in case you prefer not to see * and other markers in the editor

• better editor

  for lists, tasks, math and code blocks, markup assistance

• backlinks

  see the documents that link to the current document

Want to try it?

We are sending an early version of Nota to people who want to try it. To get on the list, fill out this short form.