DropNote

DropNote is a lightweight and focused macOS menu bar app for quick notes.
It stays out of your way while keeping your thoughts instantly accessible.

Minimal software. Thoughtful features. No clutter.

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✨ Features

• 📝 Quick Notes in the Menu Bar
• 🎨 Rich Text Editing (Bold, Italic, Underline)
• 📌 Tabs & Pinned Notes
• 🔍 Fast Full-Text Search
• 🔒 Note Locking (Password / Touch ID)
• 💾 Automatic Saving
• 📤 Export as TXT & formatted PDF
• ⚡ Instant launch & fast note switching
• 🧠 Local-first — no accounts, no cloud, no tracking

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📦 Installation

1. Download the latest .zip from
   👉 https://github.com/bastian-js/dropnote/releases
2. Move DropNote.app into your Applications folder.
3. On first launch: right-click → Open.

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🛠️ Development

DropNote is written in Swift using SwiftUI and AppKit.

Contributions are welcome — issues and pull requests are appreciated.

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📄 License

This project is source-available under a custom non-commercial license.

You are free to:

• use the app
• modify the source code
• share it with others

For personal, non-commercial use only.

🚫 Commercial use, redistribution, or monetization is not allowed
without explicit permission from the author.

See the LICENSE file for full details.

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🎨 Attributions

App & Menu bar icon based on “sticky_note_2” from
Google Material Icons (Apache License 2.0).

Modified using https://icon.kitchen.

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⭐ Support

If you like DropNote, consider starring the repository — it helps a lot.