Notes Plus v0.3 [early preview]

The Apple Notes alternative:
Every note is a local Markdown file.

Notes Plus is my personal project to clone Apple Notes, make it feel, behave and look close to the original, use Markdown files instead of Apple's proprietary file format, and of course add awesome features. All notes are clean, local, standard Markdown files, inside your very own folder structure. Add as many folders as you want. Add tags, priorities, favorites, files, images, switch to Kanban view, embed syntax-highlighted code or diagram and graph data:

Notes Plus can display Excalidraw, LaTeX, KaTeX and MathJax, AsciiMath, Mermaid diagrams, PlantUML, Graphviz / DOT, Vega-Lite, mhchem and proper footnotes / citations, more to come.

Versions for iOS, Windows, and most Linuxes are on the roadmap!

Download v0.3.1 (11 MB)Apple Silicon Download v0.3.1 (11 MB)Intel Mac

Early alpha · expect rough edges · Changelog & Roadmap · Old versions

Screen recording of Notes Plus converting typed Markdown headings into formatted content across Raw, Split, and Visual editor modes.
Explore how the editor works

LaTeX, KaTeX, MathJax support

Notes Plus can handle many formats, rendering them instantly as you type. See many examples on the LaTeX demo page.

Notes Plus showing LaTeX sums, products, and limits rendered in split view.

Kanban / JIRA view

Turn your folders and Markdown notes into a swimlanes board. Every ticket is still just a plain Markdown file on your disk. Every lane is just the folder the note is inside.

Drag & drop tickets, rearrange lanes, add tags, priority. Filter, search and sort.
Edit tickets in a visual editor, as raw text or split screen.
Drag & drop images, files, audio. See more...

Notes Plus Kanban view showing Markdown notes arranged in swimlanes.

MARKDOWN RENDERING

Gracefully handling different Markdown rendering styles.

Different tools interpret Markdown differently. Notes Plus helps imported notes look right, with small controls for the details that matter.

Screen recording of Notes Plus toggling line-break settings so a Markdown note’s separate lines either run together or remain separate.

Screen recording of Notes Plus rendering typed Markdown headings in the visual editor.

Explore Markdown rendering

COPY & PASTE

Copy & paste directly from Apple Notes

Bring your Apple Notes notes into Notes Plus with pretty fine formatting.
Works on most text formatting features, tables and even checkbox lists.
Work in progress! Apple's own format is hard to export, but we are getting close!

Screen recording of an Apple Notes note pasted into Notes Plus while retaining its heading, table, and explanatory text.

See how Apple Notes import works

COPY & PASTE

Copy & paste from ChatGPT

Turn ChatGPT responses into useful notes in seconds.
Tables, headings, links, everything is kept in order.

Screen recording of a ChatGPT response copied into a Notes Plus Markdown note while retaining its heading, table, and formatting.

See how ChatGPT copy & paste works

DOWNLOAD

Notes Plus is free during testing & development phase.

After the stable release, Notes Plus will be available with a $19 one-time payment lifetime license.

Early alpha · Apple Siliconv0.3.1 (11 MB) · .dmg · M1, M2, M3, and newer Early alpha · Intelv0.3.1 (11 MB) · .dmg · Intel-based Macs

macOS Sequoia or newer · free during alpha / beta testing · $19 lifetime license after stable release

PRIORITY

Set priority markers to notes

Use standard priorities (now, high, medium, low) or add custom ones. Define custom colors.
Sort and filter folders by priority.

Notes Plus note list with color-coded priority labels for Demo feature, AsciiMath, mhchem, and Footnotes notes.
Notes Plus note list with math, v0.3, and chemistry tags on AsciiMath and mhchem notes.

TAGS

Organize your notes with tags

Define tags and add them to your notes.
Sort folders by tags, filter by tags.