jot coming soon

macos

jot select. shift shift.
it's a jot.

a local-first notes inbox for your mac. one keystroke, and it lands as a plain markdown file in a folder you own.

regular price $29$9

launch price for the first 50 users

coming soon watch the intro
The Jot inbox on the paper theme, filled with notes, including a pinned note, an annotated image, and a dictation.

intro

01

the inbox

shift shift captures the selection. text, images in it, or a screenshot already on the clipboard.

quick note writes one without opening the window. ⌃⌥N.

Quick note, the capture window, with the line Call the printer before noon.

the inbox is keyboard-first.

  • ⌘N new
  • ⌘F search
  • ⌘K palette
  • E archive
  • ⌘⌫ delete
  • ⌘Z undo
  • J / K move
A jot open in the editor. The note says ship the homepage Friday, and the row still shows when it was written.

02

a folder you own

every jot is a plain markdown file.

~/Documents/Jot/YYYY-MM-DD-id.md

no account. no sync. no analytics. agents and other tools can read the folder.

03

more ways in

hold fn

speak, and the text pastes into the app in front. keep dictations on, and a copy is a jot. cleanup is optional. fillers and false starts come out. the wording stays. one switch turns cleanup off. ⌃⌥V speaks a jot. hold to talk.

⌃⌥A

grab a region of the screen. mark it up, then copy it to paste anywhere, or save it to the inbox. ⌃⌥D draws a page and saves it as a jot.

The command palette over the inbox, with a note selected so copy and select all are available.

04

on this mac, or a cloud model

transcription and cleanup are separate choices.

transcription is parakeet on this mac, or a cloud model. cleanup is apple's on-device model, or a cloud model.

one-time license

pay once. yours forever.

no subscription.

regular price $29$9

launch price for the first 50 users

checkout isn't open yet.

questions

is jot a subscription?

no. jot is a one-time license. pay once, and it's yours. the launch price for the first 50 users is $9. the regular price is $29. nothing renews.

is jot only for macos?

yes. jot is a macos app.

which permissions does jot ask for?
  • accessibility. jot captures a selection, and pastes dictated text into the app in front.
  • input monitoring. the fn hold works while another app is in front.
  • microphone. jot hears you dictate.
  • screen recording. jot captures the screen when you annotate.
where does my data live?

every jot is a markdown file at ~/Documents/Jot/, named YYYY-MM-DD-id.md. no account, no sync, no analytics. jot checks dl.sayjot.xyz for updates. the first dictation downloads a speech model from hugging face. parakeet, and cleanup with apple's on-device model, stay on the machine. pick a cloud model, and jot fetches the model list and sends that text to vercel.