Global shortcut
⌥⌘N shows the note from any app, with keyboard focus. Press it again to hide it and hand focus back to the previous app.
One note. Always a shortcut away.
QuickNote drops an infinite Excalidraw canvas on top of any app. One shortcut to summon it, another to put it away. Nothing to open, nothing to close, nothing to lose.
show / hide: ⌥⌘N · customizable in Preferences
// FEATURES
Built to disappear, ready when it matters.
Infinite canvas
Excalidraw underneath: sketches, text, arrows, images. Pan and zoom without limits — the view is remembered across sessions.
Silent persistence
Every burst of edits writes to disk after 500ms of inactivity, and instantly when hiding the note. Nothing to save.
Remembered geometry
Position, size and display are restored on every open. Off any screen, the note comes back centered where the cursor is.
Invisible elsewhere
Menu bar icon only: no Dock, absent from ⌘Tab. It only exists when you summon it.
Signed updates
Automatic check every 24h. Artifacts signed (minisign) and Apple-notarized, installed with one click.
01
Summon the note
⌥⌘N from any app, fullscreen or not, on any Space.
02
Write, sketch
Escape closes a tool or a selection before hiding the note — never an accidental loss.
03
Put it away
⌥⌘N or a click outside: everything is already written to disk, exactly where you left it.
// BUILT WITH
Tauri 2
Rust
React 19
TypeScript
@excalidraw/excalidraw
Vitest
macOS only · signed Developer ID · notarized