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Lists & Notes
Private, offline note taking & to-do list manager for Mac
A private, offline note taking app and to-do list manager for Mac. Markdown editor with live preview, PDF and Word export, AI writing tools. No subscription, no cloud — your data stays on your machine.
I built this because every note taking app I tried either wanted a monthly subscription, required an account, or stored my data on someone else's servers. I just wanted something local and simple.
I'm not a developer by background. I've spent over 20 years working in digital, and when AI coding tools came along they let me start building the tools I'd always wished existed.
Lists & Notes runs entirely on your Mac. Your notes are stored as plain Markdown files, backups happen automatically every day, and there's no account to create. It's a one-time purchase, not a subscription.
You can write notes in Markdown with a live preview, create to-do lists with priorities, organise everything with categories, and export to PDF or Word. There are optional AI features for grammar checking and writing improvement if you want them, using your own API key.
Would love to hear from anyone else who cares about keeping their notes private and local.
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About Lists & Notes on Product Hunt
“Private, offline note taking & to-do list manager for Mac”
Lists & Notes was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #41 on the daily leaderboard. A private, offline note taking app and to-do list manager for Mac. Markdown editor with live preview, PDF and Word export, AI writing tools. No subscription, no cloud — your data stays on your machine.
Lists & Notes was featured in Productivity (651.7k followers), Task Management (84k followers) and Writing (59.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 152.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Lists & Notes?
Lists & Notes was hunted by David Tiong. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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