Privacy, by design Pillar

The reason Solo Note exists. Built for work that should stay on your Mac — and stay out of the cloud.

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100% offline

No network code, no server side. Nothing you write is ever uploaded — to us, to Apple, or to anyone else.

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Encrypted on disk

Every note, block, tag, and image is sealed with AES-256 before it touches your drive.

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No account, no password

Solo Note opens straight into your notes. The encryption key lives in your Mac's secure Keychain and is bound to this device.

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Zero tracking

No analytics, no telemetry, no ads. There is nothing to opt out of, because there is nothing collected.

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Sandboxed & hardened

Runs inside Apple's strictest application sandbox. It can only read files you hand it through a standard file picker.

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Out of Spotlight & Time Machine

The vault folder is excluded from system indexing and backup by default.

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Pasteboard hygiene

Copied text is marked concealed and auto-clears after 30 seconds.

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Print confirmation

Solo Note always confirms before printing, so a stray ⌘P never sends a note to a shared printer.

A real block editor Core

Write the way you think. A modern block-based editor that turns paragraphs, lists, code, and media into interchangeable building blocks — all keyboard-first.

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Slash menu

Press / on an empty block to fuzzy-search every block type without leaving the keyboard.

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Markdown shortcuts

Type # , ## , - , 1. , [] , > , --- at the start of a block — Solo Note converts it as you type.

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Rich inline text

Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, inline code, and custom colors — preserved across edits, and now across copy & paste.

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Move, duplicate & reorder

⌥⌘↑ / ⌥⌘↓ to shuffle, ⌘D to duplicate, or grab a block and drag it.

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Indent & outdent

Nest lists and blocks with ⇥ / ⇧⇥ or ⌘] / ⌘[.

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Focus mode

Keep the current block centered and dim the rest of the note. Great for long-form writing.

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Per-block alignment

Left, center, or right alignment on any block.

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Inline tags

Type #projects anywhere and it's instantly searchable.

Block types 16 types

Every block type included in Solo Note. Insert from the slash menu, the + button, or a markdown shortcut.

Paragraph

Plain prose with full rich-inline support.

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Heading 1 / 2 / 3

Three levels with theme-driven typography.

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Bulleted list

Nestable bullets, indent-friendly.

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Numbered list

Auto-numbered, nestable.

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Todo

Checkable, optionally linked to a todo list with due dates and recurrence.

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Quote

Indented citation block.

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Divider

Horizontal rule. --- shortcut.

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Callout

Info, tip, warning, and danger variants with tinted card styling.

{ }

Code

Syntax highlighting for 20 languages.

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Collapsible

Toggle a labelled group of blocks open or closed.

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Image

Stored as encrypted assets — JPEG, PNG, HEIC, GIF, TIFF, or WebP.

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Table

Editable rows and columns with live drag-to-resize, per-column alignment, and row/column color.

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Link card

External URL with title.

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Timestamp

Insert the current date or time in your locale.

Code that looks like code 20 languages

Bash, C, C++, C#, CSS, Go, HTML, Java, JavaScript, JSON, Kotlin, Markdown, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, SQL, Swift, TypeScript, YAML — plus generic plaintext. Highlight colors track your active theme, so snippets always feel like part of the notebook.

Find anything in seconds Search

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Quick Open ⌘O

Search every note's title and body at once, ranked best-match-first.

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Command Palette ⇧⌘K

Every action in the app, one keystroke away.

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Find in note ⌘F

Next / previous navigation with ⌘G / ⇧⌘G.

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Link to note ⌘L

Connect ideas across your notebook without copying URLs.

Organize the way you work Organization

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Spaces

Keep separate, fully isolated notebooks (Work, Personal, Research) and switch between them from the toolbar.

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Nested folders

Drag-and-drop reorganization.

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Folder colors

Tint any folder's icon with a custom color so the sidebar stays scannable at a glance.

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Color-coded tags

Attach to any note, rename anywhere — they update everywhere.

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Pinned notes

Stay at the top of every list.

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Read-only mode

Protect a finished note from accidental edits.

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Typed properties

Text, number, date, checkbox, and URL fields — built-in and user-defined.

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Comments

For thoughts that don't belong inside the note's content.

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Version history

Capture and restore earlier drafts of any note.

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Trash with restore

Nothing is permanently deleted until you say so.

Built-in task management Todos

A real to-do system, not just checklist blocks.

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Standalone Todo Lists

For tasks that don't belong inside a note.

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Linked todos

Checkboxes inside a note can mirror automatically into a list, so a task shows up everywhere it should.

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Due dates

With daily, weekly, or monthly recurrence.

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Manual ordering

Drag-to-reorder lists in any order you like.

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Create a note from a task

Right-click an unlinked task to turn it into a new note — the task becomes the note's first block and stays mirrored to the list.

Work-log reports Reports

Turn your notes and tasks into a dated activity report — handy for timesheets, status updates, and client billing.

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Work Log

A Reports entry in the sidebar that gathers everything you created or updated, grouped by day.

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Any date range

Two date pickers bound the report; the list rebuilds as you adjust them.

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Clean columns

Each day lays out its entries by title, type, status, location, and time. Completed tasks show with a strikethrough.

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Export to PDF

Save or print the report as a paginated PDF — behind the same print confirmation as the rest of the app.

A workspace that gets out of your way Layout

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Three-pane layout

Sidebar, notes list, editor — each pane resizable and hideable.

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Tabbed editor

Open multiple notes at once with drag-to-reorder tabs.

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Menu-bar Quick Note

Capture a thought from anywhere on your Mac without raising the main window.

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Notes table

Sortable columns, pin-to-top, scannable at a glance.

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Persistent window state

Pane sizes, sidebar sections, and window frame survive every launch.

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Full keyboard control

Every action has a shortcut. Press ⌘? for the searchable cheat sheet.

Make it yours Theming

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15 built-in themes

Light · Dark · Sepia · Solarized Light · Solarized Dark · Nord · Dracula · Matrix · Dark Pastels · Confetti Cake · Nebula · Neon Light · Neon Dark · Accent Light · Accent Dark.

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Any font on your Mac

Pick any installed font as the editor face. Live preview, adjustable size from 10 to 24 pt.

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Custom palettes

Build your own color palettes, saved per Space.

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Recent colors

Most-recently-used colors stay one click away.

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Note icons

Pick an emoji or any SF Symbol so notes are scannable in the sidebar.

Bring it in, take it out Portability

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Image insert

Drop in JPEG, PNG, HEIC, GIF, TIFF, or WebP. They're encrypted alongside your notes.

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Markdown import & export

Paste Markdown in, copy any block out as Markdown.

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Encrypted .solonote backups

Bundle an entire Space into a single password-protected file. Send it to yourself for safekeeping, or move to a new Mac.

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Tamper-evident format

If a single byte of an export is changed in transit, Solo Note refuses to open it rather than show you corrupt data.

Native through and through Mac-only

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Universal app

Runs natively on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

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macOS 14 Sonoma or later

Built for the modern Mac.

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SwiftUI + AppKit

Fast, native, and at home on macOS.

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Pay once, own the app

No subscription. No account. No telemetry.