Your daily
markdown
notebook

Plain files. Live rendered editor. Press Cmd+Shift+M and start writing.

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Current direct download: Apple Silicon macOS DMG. Default launcher: Cmd+Shift+M.

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Saturday, April 19

Plain
files

Notes live as .md on disk. No database, no lock-in, no export ceremony.

Live
rendering

Headings, lists, and checkboxes render in place. Your cursor reveals the markdown.

Daily
notes

One file per day, auto-created. Navigate dates with arrows or the calendar picker.

Menu bar
native

Lives in the macOS menu bar. One global shortcut to open, one to close.

Notes
library

Organize notes into folders inside notes/. mdbar browses them recursively.

Blazing
fast

Tauri + Rust backend. Sub-second launch, instant autosave, tiny memory footprint.

Open source

Built in public with an MIT license.

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