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How Notulee works — from your first note to power-user search and export.

Notulee is a keyboard-driven scratchpad with superpowers: plain-text notes where math, conversions, variables and checklists just work, live, as you type. Nothing here requires an account or a connection — it all runs on your machine.

Notulee is available now for Windows and macOS — and you can try the full app right in your browser any time. See download or the live demo.

The whole idea in one line: write a number, give it a name, reuse it anywhere — change it once and every total follows.

In this guide

  • Getting started — What Notulee is, the handful of concepts that make it tick, and how to run it today.
  • Math, units & currency — Calculate in plain prose, convert money and measures, and pull in live stock prices — inline.
  • Reactive variables — Name a value once, reuse it everywhere, and let totals update themselves.
  • Checklists & lists — Track work inline, with a live count of what's left.
  • Search & export — Find anything across every note, and take your notes with you.
  • Your notes on disk — Every note is a plain Markdown file you own — pick where they live, edit them anywhere, and keep them safe with backups.
  • Temporary & disappearing notes — Memory-only notes for secrets and scratch work — they self-destruct on a timer, on quit, or the moment you switch away.
  • Keyboard & desktop — Every keyboard shortcut, and the native desktop niceties that make Notulee feel instant.