# Notes Plus: full product reference

> Notes Plus is an early-alpha macOS note-taking application that uses ordinary local Markdown files instead of a proprietary note format. It is positioned as an Apple Notes alternative for people who want portable, folder-based notes.

## Product and availability

- Website: <https://notesplus.io/>
- Current download, changelog, and roadmap: <https://notesplus.io/changelog-download>
- Current release: v0.3.1
- Platform: macOS, with separate Apple Silicon and Intel downloads
- Current price: free during the early alpha. The download page describes the intended final price as a $19 one-time lifetime license; check that page for the current offer.
- Stability: early alpha. Users should back up important notes.

## What Notes Plus does

Notes Plus stores notes as clean, standard Markdown files in folders selected by the user. It offers visual editing, raw Markdown editing, and split view. Notes can be organized with folders, tags, priorities, and favorites; attachments such as images and files can be added. It can present folders and notes as a Kanban board while retaining the underlying files.

## Feature pages

- [Editor](https://notesplus.io/editor): Visual WYSIWYG editing, raw Markdown, split view, and copy/paste workflows.
- [Kanban view](https://notesplus.io/kanban-view): Folders are lanes and Markdown notes are tickets; supports drag and drop, filtering, search, sorting, tags, and priorities.
- [Markdown rendering](https://notesplus.io/markdown-rendering): Controls for line-break and empty-line rendering.
- [Favorites](https://notesplus.io/favorite-notes-and-folders): Keep important notes and folders close at hand.
- [Code blocks](https://notesplus.io/code): Syntax-highlighted code inside Markdown notes.
- [Footnotes and citations](https://notesplus.io/footnotes): Numbered and named Markdown footnotes.
- [Copy from Apple Notes](https://notesplus.io/copy-paste-from-apple-notes): Import notes with formatting through copy/paste; compatibility notes are on the page.
- [Copy from ChatGPT](https://notesplus.io/copy-paste-from-chatgpt): Preserve useful answers as organized notes with less cleanup.

## Mathematics, diagrams, and charts

- [LaTeX, KaTeX, and MathJax](https://notesplus.io/latex): Mathematical notation and rendered examples.
- [AsciiMath](https://notesplus.io/asciimath): Readable plain-text mathematical notation.
- [mhchem](https://notesplus.io/mhchem): Chemical formulas and reactions.
- [Mermaid](https://notesplus.io/mermaid-diagrams): Editable Mermaid diagrams from Markdown.
- [PlantUML](https://notesplus.io/plantuml): Editable PlantUML diagrams in Markdown notes.
- [Graphviz / DOT](https://notesplus.io/graphviz-dot): Relationship, workflow, and system diagrams.
- [Vega-Lite](https://notesplus.io/vega-lite): Data visualizations including time-series, bar, and bubble charts.
- [Excalidraw](https://notesplus.io/excalidraw): Excalidraw drawings such as architecture diagrams, brainwriting boards, spider maps, and SWOT analyses.

## Supporting pages

- [Download archive](https://notesplus.io/download-archive): Earlier macOS releases.
- [Backtick keyboard guide](https://notesplus.io/tutorials/backtick-keyboard): Locating the backtick/grave-accent key on QWERTY, QWERTZ, and AZERTY keyboards.
- [Sitemap](https://notesplus.io/sitemap.xml): Complete index of public website pages.