Fast, local-first note capture from your macOS menu bar.

Press ⌃ + ⌥ + N, jot your thought, hit Enter, done.

You can install Jotin directly from GitHub without setting up a local dev environment.

1. Open the latest GitHub release for this repo.
2. Download the macOS asset for your machine (aarch64 for Apple Silicon, x86_64 for Intel).
3. Open the .dmg (or extract the archive if needed).
4. Drag Jotin.app to /Applications.
5. Launch Jotin from Applications.

1. Open the latest successful Release workflow run in GitHub Actions.
2. Download the uploaded macOS artifact (uploadWorkflowArtifacts: true).
3. Extract the archive.
4. Move Jotin.app to /Applications.
5. Launch Jotin.

Jotin is a lightweight desktop app built with Tauri.

• Instant quick-capture window
• Menu bar notes list with search
• Copy / delete actions
• Light and dark theme toggle
• 100% local storage (no sync, no account, no cloud)

1. Launch the app.
2. Use the global shortcut Ctrl + Option + N to open quick capture.
3. Type your note and press Enter to save.
4. Click the menu bar icon to open your notes list.
5. Search, copy, or delete notes from the main window.

• Ctrl + Option + N: Open quick capture
• Ctrl + Option + N twice quickly: Open main notes window
• Enter (in quick capture): Save note
• Esc (in quick capture): Close quick capture

• macOS
• Bun
• Rust toolchain (rustup, cargo)
• Xcode Command Line Tools

bun install

bun run tauri dev

bun run tauri build

Notes are stored locally as JSON in the app data directory managed by Tauri.

• Tauri (Rust backend)
• React + TypeScript (Vite frontend)
• shadcn/ui components