macOS app
Tabnotes
Simple notes that stay where you need them.
Tabnotes is for active working notes — the stuff you need beside you while you write, research, code, or juggle tasks. It is built for focus, shortcuts, snippets, and fast structure. Not for giant databases. Not for wiki cosplay.
Floating, not buried
Tabnotes stays visible across your macOS spaces, so your working note remains close instead of vanishing behind a stack of windows.
Keyboard-first workflow
Built for people who move fast with shortcuts. Quick toggles, fast switching, and minimal pointer gymnastics.
Side assistant energy
Use it like a side companion for prompts, snippets, checklists, rough notes, and temporary working context while the main app stays center stage.
Organized simple notes
Projects and tabs keep notes tidy without trying to become your life operating system. This is not Notion. It is not Apple Notes with delusions of grandeur either.
Copy-paste built in
Store reusable text, prompts, boilerplate, and fragments in copy-blocks, then fire them out fast when you need them.
Private and local-first
Your notes live on your Mac. Search is local. Storage is encrypted. No cloud circus unless you explicitly export your own data.
What Tabnotes is not
Not a second brain cathedral
Tabnotes is not trying to replace Notion, Apple Notes, Obsidian, or whatever else you already use for deep storage. It exists for quick access, clean structure, reusable text, and notes that stay close while you work.