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Write in Markdown.
See it finished.

The notes in your own folders, edited in place in one calm Mac window. Every change saves to the file. Nothing leaves your Mac.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store
A trip note in Localpen with headings, ticked tasks and a Tip box, next to a sidebar of notes

Why Localpen

Markdown is the plain way to keep notes: simple text files that every app can open, and the format AI agents write in. Editing it usually means staring at the marks, the # and ** and - [ ].

Localpen folds the marks away the moment you leave a line, so the note reads the way it will look. Step back into a line and the Markdown is there to edit.

The slash menu open under the cursor, listing headings, bold, italic and more
Type / for anythingHeadings, tasks, tables, callouts, diagrams and math.
A note with its status, dates and tags shown as fields in a panel on the right
Properties in a panelThe block at the top of a note, as fields you can edit.
A picture, a table and links to other notes inside a note
Pictures, tables, linksPaste or drop a picture. Link notes with [[double brackets]].
A weekly plan in the dark Ink theme with tasks and an Important box
Light or darkPaper, Ink and Mist. Find, export and print built in.

Your files stay files

Plain Markdown in your own folders. Open them anywhere.

Private

No account, no analytics. Nothing leaves your Mac.

Buy once

One purchase. No subscription, ever.

Get Localpen

For Mac, macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store