"Thank you for making a place to take notes on. I can use this on every laptop or desktop I use."
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Notepad — Offline capable
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This is an offline-capable, no-frills Notepad that is also a Progressive Web App (PWA).
The app offers the following set of features:
- Lets you write notes in plain text which are autosaved locally.
- Installable on supported browsers for offline usage.
- Dark mode.
- Writing timer.
- Privacy-focused — Never collect your precious data.
- Light-weight — Loads almost instantly.
- Focus mode to leave you with a barebones and pristine editor.
- Full-screen mode for a distraction-free writing experience.
- Optimal line length for better reading experience.
- Note Statistics and Snapshots.
- Ability to mimic typewriter (Hermes Precisa 305 model) sound when typing.
- Optional Break Reminders to gently suggest short breaks after long writing sessions.
- Supports monospaced and dyslexic fonts.
- Floating window (in supported browsers) to effectively take notes across other apps.
- Download notes as plain text, PDF, HTML, and DOCX.
- Ability to play 20+ ambient sounds—coffee shop, rain, train, waves, fireside, etc.— in the background to help you stay focused.
- It's proudly open-source!
I occasionally write about simple note-taking, the web, and building this app on the blog.
CAUTION: Take a backup of your notes more often since it's all stored on your browser.
Enjoy using this app? If so, consider buying me a coffee so that I can keep working on improving it further and the experience remains clean and without ads. Icons from heroicons, Flaticon, SVGRepo and Iconduck. Sounds from Pixabay.
A product by
Amit Merchant
MADE IN INDIA
Loved by note takers
What people are saying about Notepad
"the notepad site is genuinely the best i've found, love it ♥ï¸"
"notepad rocks! thank you for making it truly writer-friendly :'') dark mode AND a little timer?? HELL YEAH BROTHER"
"Literally building a computer with your notepad"
"I'm a big fan of your notepad tool! I use it very often, it's extremely convenient and I'm grateful for it."
"youre the goat bro"
"The options in Preferences alone make this an instant favourite. vvv nice! ^_^"
"I love the Kanban feature."
"Great creator who truly cares about people!"
"I love Notepad so much! Thanks for making such a great tool!"
"Oh yeah! This is one of my go to free online/offline notepads."
"The updates are absolutely wonderful ^-^ having a blast exploring the new features"
"Thank you for the excellent app!"
"Notepad's really helped me out! Thanks and congratulations."
"The ambience is awesome. I'm studying physics and maths, and this is extremely helpful"
"I love your notepad!"
"Enjoying the Notepad App... Really helpful with compositions..."
"Thanks for keeping your site ad-free!"
"Its really nice to have a dark notepad I can use while gaming. Thanks for the app!"
"Very useful"
"Very useful tool, thank you for creating it. I use it as an easy way to takes notes during video conferences."
"Love the app. My husband recently passed away and this app allows me to write how I feel. Thank You."
"Thank you so much for sharing this exceptional asset for all to use. I can't tell you how many times this has helped me organize my thoughts, comments or script dialogue for my content. You my friend, are the best. Cheers!"
"I love this notepad. I do not have to save anything.. I can keep it in my group and my notes stay there for me everytime I log into my computer and open my group. I use it for work and have even recommended it to some of my co-workers. I have not had an opportunity to search all of the settings it may offer, but truly love what I have witnessed so far."
"Love the Notepad for taking notes during meetings, or for capturing random thoughts throughout the day. Just started using the ambient noise feature and love mixing rain with thunder."
"Notepad is fantastic!"
This is a list of supporters who were gracious enough to donate to this project. Donations like these keeps me motivated to continue working on this little project.
I'm very grateful to them for their support. ðŸ™
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- Mary is a monthly supporter
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19th Sep, 2026
- Implemented collapsible menu for the items in the right navbar for a cleaner look.
24th Aug, 2026
- Fixed timer countdown when switching browser tabs.
- Added visual feedback in the last 10 secs of the timer to let the user know that it's ending soon.
16th Aug, 2026
- Added two new fun fonts: Typewriter and Crayon
6th Aug, 2026
- Improved the offline behavior of the app when real network failure occurs (courtesy of #64)
4th Aug, 2026
- Added four new note stats: Lexical Density, Readability Score, Estimated Pages, and Estimated Speaking Time.
7th Jul, 2026
- Replaced the floating sound notes animation with a subtle green status dot on the music icon.
- Added a stop button in the ambient noise header to stop all playing sounds at once.
2nd Jul, 2026
- Added four new ambient sounds: Inside a Train, Morse Code, Rain on Umbrella, and Walk in Snow.
30th Jun, 2026
- Added a Unicode Symbol Picker with search, keyboard navigation, category filtering, and quick insertion at the current cursor position via click, Enter, or Ctrl/Command + Shift + O.
29th May, 2026
- Improved editor auto-scroll so the cursor stays visible when typing at the end of long notes. No more manual scrolling!
26th May, 2026
- Added a new Starfield texture option in preferences.
25th May, 2026
- Added a new subtle Chessboard texture option in preferences.
3rd Apr, 2026
- Implemented Text Tools, a new mini tool that combines line operations, clean up actions, find and replace, and data extraction in one place.
31st Mar, 2026
- Revamped the Preferences modal. Grouped similar preference items together for better scannability.
27th Mar, 2026
- Added Break Reminders in preferences to gently suggest short breaks after long writing sessions, complete with a subtle full-screen dimming effect during breaks.
21st Mar, 2026
- Added the ability to create presets for Ambient Noise.
3rd Mar, 2026
- Added Typing explosion effect in preferences
1st Mar, 2026
- Added a new font: Pixel
27th Feb, 2026
- Expanded texture option with Grainy Paper, Linen Weave, Recycled Paper, Newspaper Print, and Marble.
22nd Jan, 2026
- Added a new font: Humanist
21st Jan, 2026
- Added a new font: Handwritten
17th Jan, 2026
- Introduced Snapshots — Restore notes from previously saved versions
6th Jan, 2026
- Added three new sound in ambient noise: Fireworks, Owl, and Underwater
3rd Jan, 2026
- Simplified selecting font from multiple toggles to a single select Font dropdown to make preferences cleaner.
1st Jan, 2026
- Implemented Textures (Dotted Paper, Graph Paper) option in preferences.
31st Dec, 2025
- Added an option to select serif font from the preferences.
29th Nov, 2025
- Added an option to mimic typewriter (Hermes Precisa 305 model) sound when typing. This can be enabled from the preferences.
17th Nov, 2025
- Added an option to view note statistics in the word count pill.
14th Nov, 2025
- Added a convenient button in the navbar to toggle focus mode [alt/Option + F]. Also, a button to close focus mode.
27th Jul, 2025
- Added an option in the preferences to change the style of the word count pill to frosted glass.
21st Jun, 2025
- Added an option to play chime sound when the writing timer is up.
17th Apr, 2025
- Implemented writing timer which can be used to track writing time. It can be used for free writing as well.
1st Apr, 2025
- Implemented an ability to toggle tab indentation from preferences for structured writing like lists, tables, code, etc.
25th Mar, 2025
- Implemented an ability to toggle spellcheck from Preferences.
22th Mar, 2025
- Three new ambient sounds: Rain on Leaves, Ceiling Fan, and Tuning Radio.
- Added an ability to download the notes as HTML.
26th Feb, 2025
- Introduced Deep Breath app to help you unwind and relax.
10th Feb, 2025
- Added subtle floating notes animation around the music icon in the header to indicate when ambient noise is playing.
1st Feb, 2025
- Simple Kanban: The Kanban board can now be downloaded as a CSV file.
- Tabbypad: All the notes can now be downloaded as a ZIP bundle of plain text files.
- Tasks: Sprays confetti 🎉 when the task is completed.
23rd Jan, 2025
- Implemented Tabbypad to take multiple notes.
22nd Jan, 2025
- Moved theme switcher to Preferences for easier theme selection.
18th Jan, 2025
- Added new ambient sounds: Airport, Winter Morning, and Suburban Street.
15th Jan, 2025
- Implemented a Case Converter tool to convert text between various letter cases.
6th Jan, 2025
- Implemented a Simple Kanban board to manage your tasks at a glance.
1st Jan, 2025
- Added support for dyslexic fonts for people with dyslexia read easily.
31st Dec, 2024
- Added three more ambient sounds: Clock, Wind Chimes and Keyboard.
16th Dec, 2024
- Implemented a feature that allows you to invoke the OS's native share menu to share data across apps.
6th Dec, 2024
- Implemented a simple Voice Notes tool to record and manage your voice notes directly in your browser.
2nd Dec, 2024
- Implemented an ability to download the notes as a DOCX file.
1st Dec, 2024
- Implemented a ambient noise player to help you focus. You can mix and match the following noises currently: Coffee Shop, Rain, Fireside and White Noise.
15th Nov, 2024
- Added support for toggling monospaced fonts through preferences.
8th Nov, 2024
- Implemented a simple Tasks/Todos Manager to conveniently manage your tasks at a glance.
7th Nov, 2024
- Implemented Rich Text Notes to write notes with formatting and download them as PDF (at the moment).
28th Oct, 2024
- Implemented a simple Pomodoro timer.
22nd Oct, 2024
- Implemented a simple Markdown editor with a preview window.
14th Oct, 2024
- Implemented the ability to download the notes as a PDF file.
6th Oct, 2024
- Implemented floating window to take notes using Picture-in-Picture API.
- Deprecated the dictation feature.
22nd Sep, 2024
- Implemented dictation of the notes using speech recognition in supported browsers.
17th Sep, 2024
- Added a "Donors" section to list the donors who've supported this project.
27th Aug, 2024
- Added support to display rich screenshots when installing the app on the desktop.
24th Jul, 2024
- Implemented optimal line length feature for better readability.
- Implemented a toggle to go fullscreen.
- Swithced to using muted menubar icons.
- Added a "Changelog" section to list the latest changes.
3rd Jul, 2024
- Implemented a switch to go fullscreen.
21st Jun, 2024
- Replaced colored menubar icons with monochrome ones for a consitent look.
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This tool can also be used to unwind yourself after a long writing session.
Thanks for your support! â¤ï¸
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