Glyph for Mac

A fast, private Markdown notes app for thinking, writing, and linking ideas for your Mac.

A Markdown editor built for real writing.

Everything you'd expect from a modern Markdown editor, as a beautiful Mac app.

• Slash commands for headings, lists, and tasks
• Drag-and-drop images and media inline
• Smart lists with auto-renumbering and indentation
• Works with your existing Obsidian, VSCode, Typora or Logseq markdown files

AI that works with your notes.

Summarize a note or chat across your vault. Bring your own AI agents like Codex, Opencode or AmpCode, or API keys or run models entirely on your Mac.

• Summarize, ask, chat, and edit any note
• ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter, Amp, Codex, Opencode
• Run llama.cpp or Ollama 100% locally

Find any note in an instant.

Your entire knowledge base is always within reach, no matter how many files you have.

• Quick Open (?P) for any title, tag, or text
• Lightning fast search
• Open files in tabs and pin important notes
• Keyboard-first, mouse optional

Linked notes that make sense.

Connect ideas with [[wikilinks]] and see every backlink the moment you write them.

• Type [[ to link any note in seconds
• Backlinks update as you type
• See connections without leaving the editor
• Auto-complete picks across folders

See your notes as a map.

A local graph view shows how each note connects to the rest of your vault, one click away.

• Local graph for any open note
• Distinct nodes for notes, tags, and links
• Click a node to jump straight in

Notes, tasks, and boards.

Tables, kanban boards, and task lists, all built from your notes and frontmatter properties.

• Kanban boards from YAML and frontmatter properties
• Switch between table and board views
• Group by status, priority, tag or any field

Your whole vault, organized.

A three-pane layout for browsing notes, folders, for those used to Notebook mode

• Sidebar with folders and tags
• Pin folders and notes you live in
• Note previews with thumbnails and tags

Themes & details you can tune.

• Custom icons and colors per folder or note. Choose from over 50 + icons and colors
• Over 20+ curated themes including popular ones like Catppuccin, One Dark, Gruvbox, Tokyo Night and more for both light & dark modes
• Vim mode for keyboard-driven editing
• Remap any shortcut across any command in the app

And more:

• Mermaid diagrams, callouts, tables and code blocks with syntax highlighting
• Extract selection into a new note to link notes together
• Open a global Quick Note anywhere on your Mac
• Daily notes and Templates
• Database views including tables and Kanban boards
• Works with files on Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive, NAS, SMB, and network drives, all markdown files stay where you control them