Minimalist Note-Taking
for macOS
A super-simple, elegant menu bar app for quick notes — organized with categories and shelves. No logins, no cloud, no bloat.
A super-simple, elegant menu bar app for quick notes — organized with categories and shelves. No logins, no cloud, no bloat.
Lives in your menu bar, out of your way. Open instantly with a click or a global hotkey — no dock clutter unless you want it.
Open Notelet and start typing immediately. Your text is saved automatically with a 1‑second debounce.
Create categories for people or projects, then add shelves for each item you want to track. Switch fast with the keyboard.
Mark a shelf as done and archive it with confirmation (optional). Archived shelves stay in history for reference.
Keep Notelet on top when you need it, or switch between a compact popup and a maximized window.
Your data stays on your Mac in ~/.notelet/. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud sync.
Free, lightweight, and built for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14.0 or later.
Download Latest ReleaseVersion 1.0 • macOS 14.0+ • Apple Silicon only