Offline-first · Cross-platform · No lock-in

Your notes. Fast, offline, everywhere.

mashnote feels like Apple Notes — clean and fast — but it works on every device, stays private, and never locks you in.

Web iOS macOS
mashnote — Inbox
Search notes…
Product launch notes
Checklist for the v1 rollout — capture, clipper…
Today · 2m ago
Voice memo — blog idea
“The sync engine is identical for personal and…”
Yesterday
Reading list
3 links from this week’s share sheet…
Mon
B I U •≡ ✓
Product launch notes
✓ Ship the web clipper
✓ Voice → note on iOS
Publish the App Store listing
$ mashnote export --format md
Fast
Feels instant
Offline
Local-first
Private
On-device OCR
No lock-in
1-click export
OCR search
Find text in images

Why mashnote

Better than Apple Notes. On purpose.

Apple Notes is competent but shallow and Apple-locked. mashnote keeps the speed you love and removes every wall.

Apple Notes
mashnote
Apple-only (no web or Windows)
Web, Mac & iOS
Painful / no export
1-click export — Markdown, HTML, ENEX
No web clipper
Web clipper (browser extension)
No command palette
⌘K command palette — notes & actions
Checklists with no due dates or priority
Checklists with due dates & priority
Limited, Apple-only OCR
OCR search you control
No markdown portability
Rich text that round-trips to Markdown
No share links
Share any note with a read-only link
Locked to iCloud
Local-first + background sync
Slow cold start
Feels instant — ready to type
Weak quick-capture
Voice → note, hotkey, share sheet

Features

Everything you need, nothing you don't.

The early-Evernote triad — clean, focused, fast — with a modern, local-first engine underneath.

Editor

Rich text that round-trips to Markdown

A flowing, WYSIWYG editor — not blocks, not raw markup. Format as you type, and your notes stay portable.

  • Headings, bold, italic, lists, checklists, code, quotes & links
  • Inline images and file attachments
  • A minimal floating toolbar — never a permanent ribbon
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Meeting notes

Decided to ship the clipper this sprint.

  • • Draft the web clipper
  • • Voice → note on iOS
  • • Publish the App Store listing
$ mashnote export --format md

Organise

Notebooks, tags & an Inbox that just works

Everything lands in your Inbox first, then flows into notebooks and tags — exactly the unsorted-then-filed rhythm early Evernote got right.

  • Sub-notebooks and colour-coded tags
  • The Inbox is the default landing spot for new and shared notes
  • Keyboard-first: ⌘K command palette, ⌘P quick switcher
Inbox
All Notes
Favorites
Notebooks
Personal
Work
Travel
ideas #meetings #read-later

Search

Find anything — even text inside images

Full-text search across every note, and OCR that reads the text in your photos and PDFs so nothing is ever lost.

  • Instant search across 10k+ notes
  • Search works offline, too
  • OCR on-device — private by design
receipt
Travel receipts OCR
Found "receipt" in an attached photo
Expense log
Matched "receipt" in a PDF

Reliability

Local-first. Offline by default, synced in the background.

Your notes live on your device and sync quietly in the background. No spinners, no "connection lost" dead-ends — typing never blocks.

  • Feels instant — ready to type
  • Conflict-free sync on a CRDT engine
  • Every edit saved locally the instant you make it
Local-first Synced
Offline — everything saved on device
Syncs in the background — never blocks typing

Capture

Speak it. It becomes a note.

Tap the mic and talk — live on-device transcription turns your words into a note. No audio uploaded, no cloud transcription.

  • Native speech-to-text on iOS, web & desktop
  • Global hotkey and menu-bar capture
  • Share to mashnote from any app
Listening…

“Remind me to send the launch notes…”

New note: Remind me to send the launch notes

No lock-in

Your data is yours. Export in one click.

Take everything with you, whenever you want. Markdown, HTML, ENEX, or a self-contained ZIP with attachments — no export walls, ever.

  • 1-click export to Markdown, HTML & ENEX
  • Import from Evernote & Obsidian/Joplin markdown
  • Bring-your-own storage on the Lifetime plan
Export notebook
Markdown
HTML
ENEX (Evernote)
ZIP + attachments
Export

Keyboard-first

One command palette for everything.

Press ⌘K and do anything — find a note, start a new one, switch themes, open settings — without leaving the keyboard.

  • Jump to any note by typing its name
  • Create a new note straight from the palette
  • Toggle dark mode, search everything, open settings — no mouse needed
  • ↑↓ to move, ↵ to open, esc to close
meeting
Meeting notes — Monday standup
Meeting notes — Q3 planning
+ New note "meeting" ⌘N

Tasks

Checklists that actually get things done.

Not just boxes to tick — give any checklist item a due date or a high-priority flag, and see what matters at a glance.

  • Due dates in one tap — Today, Tomorrow, Next Week, or any day
  • High-priority flag (⌘!) so the important stuff stands out
  • Type @due(tomorrow) or @high inline — no menus needed
  • Checklists live inside your note, so tasks and context stay together
Ship the web clipper
Voice → note on iOS
! Publish the App Store listing 📅 Oct 10

Sharing

Share a note with a link.

Send a read-only link to anyone — no app, no account needed to read it. Revoke it whenever you want.

  • One tap to create a link and copy it
  • Anyone with the link can read the note — no sign-in required
  • Revoke a link anytime — access disappears instantly
  • Signed-in recipients can save it to their Inbox in one tap
Share note
mashnote.dev/s/a1b2c3d4
Copy link

For Evernote users

Remember when Evernote was fast and just worked?

mashnote brings back that feel — and rebuilds it on modern tech, so it's faster, private, offline-first, and works everywhere.

Slow & bloated

Fast. One window, nothing you don't need.

Subscription fatigue

Free forever — no forced upgrade.

Hard to leave

Import your ENEX in one click. Export out anytime.

Pricing

Start free. Pay only for sync and peace of mind.

No lock-in, no surprise tiers. Your notes stay yours on every plan.

Free

$0 forever

Everything you need for personal notes, on every device.

  • Full rich-text editor
  • Local storage & offline
  • ~100 MB sync
  • Notebooks, tags & Inbox
Get started free
Most popular

Sync Pass

Pricing coming soon

Multi-device sync and the full mashnote experience.

  • Everything in Free
  • Multi-device sync
  • Version history
  • Unlimited attachments
  • Web access
Coming soon

Lifetime Supporter

Pricing coming soon

Own your stack. One payment, no subscription fatigue.

  • Everything in Sync Pass
  • Bring your own storage
  • iCloud / Google Drive / WebDAV
  • Support independent software
Coming soon

Get mashnote

Use mashnote on any device

Start today in your browser, and look out for the native iPhone, Mac and Windows apps — Android is on the way.

Available now

mashnote for Web

No download needed — sign in from any browser on Mac, Windows or your phone. An offline-capable PWA.

Coming soon

mashnote for iPhone & iPad

The native iOS app — adaptive layout, share-sheet capture and voice notes — arriving with launch.

Public beta

mashnote for Mac

The full mashnote experience, natively on macOS, with menu-bar and global-hotkey quick capture.

Coming soon

mashnote for Windows

The same desktop app on Windows. Android follows as a fast-follow after launch.

Roadmap

Built for teams from day one.

mashnote launched personal — but its sync engine was architected for teams, so collaboration is a feature launch, not a rebuild.

Our approach

Shared notebooks

Collaborate in real time, not via email chains.

Roles & invite links

Owner, editor, viewer — invite with a link.

Presence

See who's viewing a note, live.

@mentions on checklists

Assign a task right inside a note.

Your notes, finally fast. Everywhere.

Start free today — offline, private, and yours to keep. No credit card required.