foolscap

The keyboard-first scratchpad
with superpowers.

Hit one hotkey, dump a thought, compute something, start a timer, and move on. Notes auto-rotate. Math is inline. The desktop blurs through the window. Built for the moments your text editor is too much and a sticky note is too little.

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Press Alt + A anywhere to summon it.

This is what a note looks like.

Plain text in, live answers out. Variables stick, units convert, timers tick, checkboxes toggle. Nothing else gets in the way.

budget · may 3m ago 
# Monthly budget

salary = 5500
rent = 1450
groceries = 480
subs = 68
target = 1000

# reactive — edit anything
spent = rent + groceries + subs
      → 1998
free  = salary - spent - target
      → 2502

free in eur  → 2351.88 EUR
● pinned ↻ recalculates as you type
tuesday live 
# Deep work block

pomodoro 25/5 x 4    → 2/4 done
at 14:30: standup    → in 1h12
every 45m: stretch   → in 11m

# Today
[x] reply design feedback
[x] draft api proposal
[ ] review PR #284
[ ] update the changelog
[ ] book dentist

# 2 / 5 done — shown in title
⏱ 4 timers active ⌘⏎ to toggle a task
lisbon trip autopaste 
# Lisbon — June

flight  = 312 eur
night   = 94 eur
food    = 60 eur
nights  = 4

stay   = night * nights     → 376
meals  = food * (nights+1)  → 300
total  = flight + stay + meals
       → 988 EUR

total in usd  → 1077.92 USD
3 km in mi     → 1.864 mi

# pasted from airline ↓
TAP TP441 · CDG → LIS
autopaste on ECB rates · 2h old

Four pillars.

Programmable timers

Type timer 25m: focus, every 1h x 8: water, at 14:30: standup, or pomodoro 25/5 x 4. They survive restart, fire a chime & toast, and run while the window is hidden.

Inline math & money

Live calculator with named variables, reactive recalc, units (5 km en mi), 30+ currencies refreshed from the ECB, and aggregates over labelled ranges (sum(*_revenue)).

AutoPaste mode

Toggle once, then anything you copy from anywhere lands in the current note automatically. Recording-dot indicator while it's on. No more flipping back & forth.

Ephemeral by default

Notes you don't touch for a week disappear at the next launch. Pin the ones that matter. The palette warns you before they go. Knowledge base, this is not.

Slick where it counts.

  • Native Windows 11 acrylic that doesn't dim when the window loses focus.
  • Light, dark, or follow system. Three background modes.
  • Floating title and footer bars that fade in only when you reach for them.
  • Tray icon with quick access to settings, new note, and pinned notes.
  • Custom toast notifications, scrollable, with a soft chime.
  • Variable autocompletion in the editor, smart caret blink, custom scrollbar, the works.

Every action, one keystroke away.

The mouse is allowed but never required. Defaults shown — all remappable in settings.

Summon

  • Show / hide window Alt+A
  • New blank note Ctrl+N
  • Open palette Ctrl+K
  • Clipboard history Ctrl+⇧+V

Navigate

  • Next / prev note Ctrl+→
  • Pin / unpin Ctrl+P
  • Toggle always-on-top Ctrl+⇧+T
  • Settings Ctrl+,

Edit

  • Toggle checkbox Ctrl+⏎
  • Move line Alt+↑↓
  • Clear done tasks Ctrl+⇧+X
  • AutoPaste on / off Ctrl+⇧+P

Download.

Free, source-available, local-only. No account, no telemetry, no sync.

Windows .msi · v0.1.0 · 3 MB macOS .dmg · soon

Windows 10/11 · x64. Unsigned for now — SmartScreen will ask “More info → Run anyway”. Prefer .exe or other assets?

Source on GitHub under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0.