Notepad - Offline capable
Install
This is an offline-capable, no-frills Notepad which is a Progressive Web App as well.
The app serves the following features:
- Lets you write notes in plain text which are autosaved locally.
- Installable on supported browsers for offline usage.
- Dark mode.
- Writing timer.
- Privacy-focused - Never collect your precious data.
- Light-weight - Loads almost instantly.
- Focus mode to leave you with a barebones and pristine editor.
- Full-screen mode for a distraction-free writing experience.
- Optimal line length for better reading experience.
- Note Statistics and Snapshots.
- Ability to mimic typewriter (Hermes Precisa 305 model) sound when typing.
- Optional Break Reminders to gently suggest short breaks after long writing sessions.
- Supports monospaced and dyslexic fonts.
- Floating window (in supported browsers) to effectively take notes across other apps.
- Download notes as plain text, PDF, HTML, and DOCX.
- Ability to play ambient noise-coffee shop, rain, train, waves, fireside, etc.- in the background to help you stay focused.
- It's proudly open-source!
CAUTION: Take a backup of your notes more often since it's all stored on your browser.
Icons from heroicons, Flaticon, SVGRepo and Iconduck. Sounds from Pixabay.
16th Aug, 2026
- Added two new fun fonts: Typewriter and Crayon
6th Aug, 2026
- Improved the offline behavior of the app when real network failure occurs
4th Aug, 2026
- Added four new note stats: Lexical Density, Readability Score, Estimated Pages, and Estimated Speaking Time.
7th Jul, 2026
- Replaced the floating sound notes animation with a subtle green status dot on the music icon.
- Added a stop button in the ambient noise header to stop all playing sounds at once.
2nd Jul, 2026
- Added four new ambient sounds: Inside a Train, Morse Code, Rain on Umbrella, and Walk in Snow.
30th Jun, 2026
- Added a Unicode Symbol Picker with search, keyboard navigation, category filtering, and quick insertion at the current cursor position via click, Enter, or Ctrl/Command + Shift + O.
29th May, 2026
- Improved editor auto-scroll so the cursor stays visible when typing at the end of long notes. No more manual scrolling!
26th May, 2026
- Added a new Starfield texture option in preferences.
25th May, 2026
- Added a new subtle Chessboard texture option in preferences.
3rd Apr, 2026
- Implemented Text Tools, a new mini tool that combines line operations, clean up actions, find and replace, and data extraction in one place.
31st Mar, 2026
- Revamped the Preferences modal. Grouped similar preference items together for better scannability.
27th Mar, 2026
- Added Break Reminders in preferences to gently suggest short breaks after long writing sessions, complete with a subtle full-screen dimming effect during breaks.
21st Mar, 2026
- Added the ability to create presets for Ambient Noise.
3rd Mar, 2026
- Added Typing explosion effect in preferences
1st Mar, 2026
- Added a new font: Pixel
27th Feb, 2026
- Expanded texture option with Grainy Paper, Linen Weave, Recycled Paper, Newspaper Print, and Marble.
22nd Jan, 2026
- Added a new font: Humanist
21st Jan, 2026
- Added a new font: Handwritten
17th Jan, 2026
- Introduced Snapshots - Restore notes from previously saved versions
6th Jan, 2026
- Added three new sound in ambient noise: Fireworks, Owl, and Underwater
3rd Jan, 2026
- Simplified selecting font from multiple toggles to a single select Font dropdown to make preferences cleaner.
1st Jan, 2026
- Implemented Textures (Dotted Paper, Graph Paper) option in preferences.
31st Dec, 2025
- Added an option to select serif font from the preferences.
29th Nov, 2025
- Added an option to mimic typewriter (Hermes Precisa 305 model) sound when typing. This can be enabled from the preferences.
17th Nov, 2025
- Added an option to view note statistics in the word count pill.
14th Nov, 2025
- Added a convenient button in the navbar to toggle focus mode [alt/Option + F]. Also, a button to close focus mode.
27th Jul, 2025
- Added an option in the preferences to change the style of the word count pill to frosted glass.
21st Jun, 2025
- Added an option to play chime sound when the writing timer is up.
17th Apr, 2025
- Implemented writing timer which can be used to track writing time. It can be used for free writing as well.
1st Apr, 2025
- Implemented an ability to toggle tab indentation from preferences for structured writing like lists, tables, code, etc.
25th Mar, 2025
- Implemented an ability to toggle spellcheck from Preferences.
22th Mar, 2025
- Three new ambient sounds: Rain on Leaves, Ceiling Fan, and Tuning Radio.
- Added an ability to download the notes as HTML.
26th Feb, 2025
- Introduced Deep Breath app to help you unwind and relax.
10th Feb, 2025
- Added subtle floating notes animation around the music icon in the header to indicate when ambient noise is playing.
1st Feb, 2025
- Simple Kanban: The Kanban board can now be downloaded as a CSV file.
- Tabbypad: All the notes can now be downloaded as a ZIP bundle of plain text files.
- Tasks: Sprays confetti 🎉 when the task is completed.
23rd Jan, 2025
- Implemented Tabbypad to take multiple notes.
22nd Jan, 2025
- Moved theme switcher to Preferences for easier theme selection.
18th Jan, 2025
- Added new ambient sounds: Airport, Winter Morning, and Suburban Street.
15th Jan, 2025
- Implemented a Case Converter tool to convert text between various letter cases.
6th Jan, 2025
- Implemented a Simple Kanban board to manage your tasks at a glance.
1st Jan, 2025
- Added support for dyslexic fonts for people with dyslexia read easily.
31st Dec, 2024
- Added three more ambient sounds: Clock, Wind Chimes and Keyboard.
16th Dec, 2024
- Implemented a feature that allows you to invoke the OS's native share menu to share data across apps.
6th Dec, 2024
- Implemented a simple Voice Notes tool to record and manage your voice notes directly in your browser.
2nd Dec, 2024
- Implemented an ability to download the notes as a DOCX file.
1st Dec, 2024
- Implemented a ambient noise player to help you focus. You can mix and match the following noises currently: Coffee Shop, Rain, Fireside and White Noise.
15th Nov, 2024
- Added support for toggling monospaced fonts through preferences.
8th Nov, 2024
- Implemented a simple Tasks/Todos Manager to conveniently manage your tasks at a glance.
7th Nov, 2024
- Implemented Rich Text Notes to write notes with formatting and download them as PDF (at the moment).
28th Oct, 2024
- Implemented a simple Pomodoro timer.
22nd Oct, 2024
- Implemented a simple Markdown editor with a preview window.
14th Oct, 2024
- Implemented the ability to download the notes as a PDF file.
6th Oct, 2024
- Implemented floating window to take notes using Picture-in-Picture API.
- Deprecated the dictation feature.
22nd Sep, 2024
- Implemented dictation of the notes using speech recognition in supported browsers.
17th Sep, 2024
- Added a "Donors" section to list the donors who've supported this project.
27th Aug, 2024
- Added support to display rich screenshots when installing the app on the desktop.
24th Jul, 2024
- Implemented optimal line length feature for better readability.
- Implemented a toggle to go fullscreen.
- Swithced to using muted menubar icons.
- Added a "Changelog" section to list the latest changes.
3rd Jul, 2024
- Implemented a switch to go fullscreen.
21st Jun, 2024
- Replaced colored menubar icons with monochrome ones for a consitent look.
