Context Note

Your notes, tasks & meetings — private, on-device, AI-native.

No account · No cloud · Your data never leaves your Mac

Markdown Editor Meeting Notes Kanban Board Gantt Timeline

Context Note — the Today view with sidebar, notes, tasks and more

Everything, one calm place

A notebook that thinks in context

Markdown, tasks, projects and meetings share one local-first workspace — with AI that runs on your Mac and only ever suggests.

A markdown editor that gets out of the way

Write in clean markdown, see it rendered live. Slash commands, checkboxes, code, and instant search — no chrome, no clutter.

Welcome to Context Note

Text Formatting

You can write bold, italic, or ~~strikethrough~~ — even inline code.

Try slash commands

Add a due date @today

On-device AI

Apple Foundation Models, Ollama, or bring your own. It suggests — you approve. Nothing leaves your Mac unless you say so.

AI suggestion

Priority High

Estimate 30 min

Foundation Models Ollama Claude

Tasks, Kanban & Gantt

Turn any note into a project. Track work as a board, a timeline, or a weekly workload — priorities, due dates, subtasks.

To do 2

!Draft post

Book venue

Doing 1

!!Landing page

#design

Done 1

Set up repo

Meetings, transcribed

Record on-device, get a time-stamped transcript, then an AI summary — audio never leaves your machine.

00:14 Let's ship the beta this week.

01:02 Prep the launch landing page.

AI summary

Calendar sync

Due dates flow to Apple Calendar through EventKit. Your schedule and your notes finally agree.

Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa

Design review

Thu · 14:00 · Apple Calendar

Private by design

No account, no cloud, no telemetry by default. Your notes live in an encrypted local database, unlocked with Touch ID.

Unlocked with Touch ID

SQLCipher · AES-256 · keys in Keychain

Touch ID SQLCipher encryption Local-first No account

Capture anywhere

A global shortcut and menu-bar quick-capture drop straight into your Inbox — triage later, never lose a thought.

Capture a thought… ⌥ Space

Call the venue back now

Idea: weekly digest email 2m

Also inside · Voice dictation · Image OCR · Clipboard history · Templates · Focus mode · Dark mode · Sync via your own folder

Questions

Good to know

Straight answers about privacy, AI and how Context Note runs on your Mac.

Is my data really private?

Yes. Everything lives locally on your Mac in a plain, open format. There's no account and no cloud on our side — your notes, tasks and meeting transcripts never leave your device unless you choose to move them.

What powers the AI — and is it private too?

The AI runs on-device — Apple's Foundation Models or a local model like Ollama — so prompts stay on your Mac. It only ever suggests; nothing is changed without your approval. Prefer your own provider? Bring your own API key instead.

Does it work offline?

Completely. Context Note is local-first — the app, search and on-device AI all work with no connection. There's nothing to sign in to.

How does syncing work without a cloud?

Through a folder you already control — like iCloud Drive or Dropbox. Notes are stored as plain markdown, so they stay portable and readable anywhere, with no proprietary format locking you in.

Which platforms are supported?

Context Note is built for macOS first, with deep native integrations — menu bar capture, global shortcuts, Spotlight and more. It's a Mac app to its core, not a web page in a window.

How do I get access?

Join the waitlist below and you'll be among the first invited as we roll out in waves. Leave your email — that's the only thing we ask for.

Think in context.

Join the waitlist and be first to try Context Note on macOS.