Jotlight

Jotlight is the note taker for people who take a lot of small notes and refuse to click through folders to find them. Type in the single search bar and matching notes filter instantly — no folders, no notebooks, no menus to dig through. If nothing matches, press Return and a new note opens immediately with that title. It is the fastest way to search notes and jot a thought on macOS, and it is fully offline from the first launch.

SEARCH-AS-YOU-TYPE One search bar does two jobs: it filters your entire library live as you type, and it creates a new note the instant you press Return on a query that does not exist yet. No dialogs, no "New Note" wizard.

MENU BAR QUICK CAPTURE A status bar icon is always one click away, even when the main window is closed. Jot a thought, hit ⌘Return, and it is saved as a note without ever switching windows.

TAGS, NOT FOLDERS Lightweight tag chips replace rigid folder hierarchies. Filter by tag in one click, and combine tags with Pro for precise multi-tag filtering.

PLAIN MARKDOWN, ZERO LOCK-IN Every note is stored as plain Markdown. Export any single note, or export your entire library at once with Pro. Your notes are never trapped in a proprietary format.

FULLY LOCAL No account, no cloud, no analytics, no network calls of any kind. Every note lives on your Mac, and only your Mac.

ONE-TIME PURCHASE Jotlight Pro is a single payment that removes the pin limit and unlocks bulk export, Markdown preview mode, and multi-tag filtering — no subscription, no renewal.