Now available on Android · macOS beta

Welcome to Noted

A privacy-first, local-only note-taking app. Everything you write, draw, and record is encrypted and stays on your device unless you export or share it — no account, no server, no cloud.

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Noted for Android is available now · macOS beta below · Linux in development.

What is Noted?

Noted is a local-only notebook. Write in markdown, sketch inline, record voice memos, and organize everything into collections — all encrypted on your own device. There's no account to create and nothing is ever uploaded.

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Everything on this site, at a glance.

About Noted →

The full feature tour, how your data is protected, and how it works.

Privacy Policy →

Exactly what Noted does and doesn't do with your data — no analytics, no telemetry, nothing leaves your device on its own.

Noted for macOS (beta) →

An early macOS build to try, with install and checksum steps. Linux is in development. Noted for Android is available today.

Noted for macOS (beta)

This is an early test build, shared as it is: no promises, and it may change or break. It reads and writes the same encrypted .noted backups as Noted for Android, so you can move notes between the two. Before relying on it, keep a .noted export of anything you care about.

Requirements: macOS 10.15 or later, Intel or Apple silicon (one download for both). Tested on macOS 26.

Install

  1. Download Noted-1.0.0-beta.1-macos.dmg (27 MB).
  2. Open it and drag Noted onto Applications.
  3. The beta is not notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks the first launch. Open Noted once, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway next to the Noted message, then confirm with Open Anyway once more.
  4. When macOS asks whether Noted may use your keychain, enter your Mac password and choose Always Allow. Noted keeps its encryption keys there. Because the beta isn't signed with an Apple developer certificate, macOS asks again after each update.

Verify the download

In Terminal, run:

shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Noted-1.0.0-beta.1-macos.dmg

The long code it prints first must be exactly:

a55abe1550908d46ce3e71a169ca85446d9d1dc04cf5f3809eb390381230cd60

Also published as Noted-1.0.0-beta.1-macos.dmg.sha256. If it doesn't match, don't open the file.

Good to know

  • Your notes are encrypted with keys kept in your Mac's login keychain. If those keychain items are deleted, the notes can't be opened again. That's by design, and it's why an export is worth keeping.
  • Moving Noted to the Trash doesn't delete your notes. The privacy policy explains where they're kept and how to remove them.
  • Biometric unlock isn't offered on macOS. Use a PIN or password.
  • Tried the earlier test build from June? This one keeps its notes in a new, private folder, so it starts empty. Export a .noted backup from the old build first, then import it here.