

Wisp for macOS
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Wisp is a macOS scratchpad. Press Alt + Space anywhere and a glass panel slides in. Type. Hit Esc. It's gone — but your text stays, as plain markdown on disk.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
Features
- Support for MarkDown
- Works Offline
- Dark Mode
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- No Tracking
- Sits in the MenuBar
- Global hotkey
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Support for Hotkeys
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What is Wisp for macOS?
Wisp is a macOS scratchpad. Press Alt + Space anywhere and a glass panel slides in. Type. Hit Esc. It's gone — but your text stays, as plain markdown on disk.
Features:
- Alt + Space to summon from anywhere (rebindable)
- Light / dark / system appearance — one-click cycle, follows macOS by default
- Six fonts to pick from (Charter, Iowan Old Style, Hoefler Text, Palatino, Optima, Avenir Next)
- Smart editing — lists auto-continue, --- becomes a divider, bold and italic render inline
- Headings — #, ##, ### render styled with click-to-jump navigation
- Emoji shortcodes — :rocket: :fire: :heart: :check: and more
- Bold / Italic — Cmd B / Cmd I
- Auto-update — downloads new versions in the background
- Launch at Login — toggle in the right-click menu
- Plain markdown on disk at ~/Library/Application Support/Wisp/scratchpad.md
- Sync across Macs — point at any folder via the right-click menu (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Syncthing all work)
Click the ? in the footer for the full keyboard shortcut list.




