Drift

The markdown editor I always wanted for my personal notes.

Notes are plain Markdown files, named from their contents and saved automatically. There is also an iPhone app.

Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+P	Quick open
Cmd+N	New note
Cmd+/	See all the other shortcuts

Try it!

Download Drift for Mac

Version 0.2.1 · Apple silicon · macOS 14 or later.

Open the download and drag Drift to Applications.

Build from source

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/cjbest/drift.git
cd drift

Then tell your coding agent:

Read docs/INSTALL.md, then build and install Drift on my Mac.

For now, source builds require Xcode and an Apple account set up for development signing. A free account is enough. Your agent can handle the remaining build tools using the installation guide.

For iPhone and iPad, point your agent at the iOS instructions. Both apps can use the same Markdown folder in iCloud Drive.

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Built with Tauri, SolidJS, and CodeMirror on Mac; Swift and UIKit on iPhone and iPad. Typefaces: Newsreader and JetBrains Mono.