About

A free online notepad built because the existing ones either look dated, run ads, or are missing obvious features.

Why this exists

If you search "online notepad," the top results are tools that were built years ago and haven't meaningfully changed. They all do the same thing — a textarea that saves to localStorage — and most have ads on top. We wanted something that felt like Windows Notepad but had the things modern note-taking should have: tabs, dark mode, markdown, and the ability to actually share what you wrote.

Design principles

• Familiar. Looks like Windows Notepad on purpose. We don't reinvent the menu bar.
• Fast. Loads in under 300 milliseconds. No frameworks, no external requests.
• Private. Your notes live in your browser. Nothing on our servers.
• No ads. Ads make pages slow and ugly. We don't run them.
• No signup. If you have to make an account to take a quick note, the tool failed.

How it's funded

It isn't, really. Hosting a static HTML file costs almost nothing. We don't sell your data, run ads, or have a premium tier. If you find it useful, the best thing you can do is tell a friend.

Open feedback

If something's broken or you wish it did something it doesn't, let us know. We read everything.