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QuackNotes
Notes that are just files. No database, no lock-in
Quick notes between meetings, without the overhead. QuackNotes: notes & code snippets for macOS/iOS/iPadOS/visionOS. ποΈ Every note is a plain file β no database, no lock-in π Markdown preview π¨ Syntax highlighting, 20+ languages β‘οΈ Global shortcut for quick capture Feature requests welcome π¦
Hey Product Hunt! π
I'm Jesus, the developer behind QuackNotes.
I built this because I kept running into the same problem: I just wanted somewhere fast to jot a thought between meetings or mid-task, and every notes app I tried felt like signing up for a whole workspace. Accounts, sync spinners, proprietary formats β way more than I needed for "quick note, back to work."
So QuackNotes is intentionally small:
ποΈ Every note is a plain text file on disk β no database, no proprietary format. Move it, grep it, sync it, back it up with whatever tool you already use.
β‘οΈ A global shortcut summons it over anything you're doing. Pin it on top of a meeting, capture the thought, done. It autosaves the moment you stop typing β there's no save button because there's nothing to lose.
π Markdown preview, editor/preview/side-by-side, re-rendered as you type.
π¨ Syntax highlighting for 20+ languages with 90+ themes, for when the "quick note" is actually a code snippet.
It's live on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS now.
Since building it, I honestly haven't gone back to any other notes app β it's become my default for exactly the "gap between tasks" moments I built it for. I'd love for it to be useful to you too.
I'll be around all day to answer questions β and feature requests are genuinely welcome, this is very much still evolving. π¦
Being able to grep your own notes instead of exporting from some app's database is the whole pitch for me. On iOS is it still just a flat file synced through iCloud, or something else under the hood?
About QuackNotes on Product Hunt
βNotes that are just files. No database, no lock-inβ
QuackNotes was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #82 on the daily leaderboard. Quick notes between meetings, without the overhead. QuackNotes: notes & code snippets for macOS/iOS/iPadOS/visionOS. ποΈ Every note is a plain file β no database, no lock-in π Markdown preview π¨ Syntax highlighting, 20+ languages β‘οΈ Global shortcut for quick capture Feature requests welcome π¦
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Who hunted QuackNotes?
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