One quiet place
for notes
and today

Plain Markdown on your Mac. Today, tasks, and widgets on your iPhone. Optional sync keeps both in step without taking ownership of your notes.

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macOS release available now. iOS builds from source while TestFlight is in preparation.

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‹ › Saturday, April 19

The same day, everywhere

Write on your Mac.
Finish from the widget.

mdbar keeps daily prose and checkboxes together. The iPhone app has full Today and Notes tabs, while widgets surface the next useful action without opening anything.

- [ ] Morning pages #reuse returns tomorrow
- [ ] Review launch #carry moves if unfinished
Build the iOS app from source →

Saturday, July 11

Good evening.

Tasks1 of 3
  • ✓Morning pages↻
  • Review launch→
  • Walk outside
Daily note

Slow morning. Coffee outside and a clear plan for the day.

TodayNotes
Today1/3

Saturday, July 11

  • ✓Morning pages
  • Review launch
  • Walk outside
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Plain
files

Notes live as .md on disk. No database, no lock-in, no export ceremony.

iPhone
and widgets

Use full Today and Notes tabs, then check tasks off from the Home Screen.

Tasks that
remember

#reuse repeats a task. #carry moves unfinished work forward.

Menu bar
native

Lives in the macOS menu bar. One global shortcut to open, one to close.

Safe
sync

Offline edits land locally first. Revisions and conflict copies prevent silent loss.

Progressive
power

Reminders and recurrence stay readable inside ordinary Markdown syntax.

Open source

Built in public with an MIT license.

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The original mdbar daily note showing a black cat resting on a pillow
The original mdbar note Plain Markdown, cat included.