Pilcrow
Private Markdown notes for the Mac.
Coming soon to the Mac App StorePilcrow is a notes app for people who write things others will read, on screen or on paper. You write in clean, formatted text, Pilcrow stores it as plain Markdown, and when it is time to share, it produces a polished, paginated PDF in one step.
Why Pilcrow
- Private by designNo account, no cloud service, no analytics. Your notes live on your Mac and never pass through our servers, because there are none.
- Documents that print properlyExport any note to a multi-page PDF with page numbers, clean typography and headings that never strand at the bottom of a page, without a print dialog.
- Plain Markdown, no lock-inEverything you write is standard Markdown. Export all of your notes as ordinary
.mdfiles whenever you like. - TemplatesMeeting notes, daily logs and memos are one shortcut away, with today’s date filled in. Make your own from any note.
- Folders and tagsOrganize with nested folders and inline
#tags, and find anything instantly with full-text search. - Safe by defaultPilcrow saves as you type and keeps a daily backup, which you can direct to iCloud Drive or any folder you choose.
Requirements
A Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 14 Sonoma or later.