Local-first · macOS & Windows · Open source
Notes that glide.
GlissNotes is a focused desktop editor for notes, code, and rich text. Fast to open, quick to type in, and local-first: your files stay on your machine, while sync and AI are strictly opt-in.
Free · Open source · v0.3.3 · No account required
Why GlissNotes
Everything a notepad should have. Nothing it shouldn't.
GlissNotes combines a quick plain-text editor, a capable rich-document mode, and native desktop ergonomics in one small app.
One workspace for everything
Plain text, Markdown, source code, and rich documents live side by side in tabs with a document sidebar, open-recent, and a quick switcher.
Editing commands you already know
Duplicate, move, join, and sort lines. Toggle comments, change case, trim whitespace, auto-close brackets, and multi-select the next match. All undoable.
Recovery you never think about
Your workspace is snapshotted locally every 15 seconds. Dirty-document indicators and unsaved-change protection guard against lost work.
Find like a power user
Match case, whole word, and regular expressions with capture groups. Replace one or all, go to line, and reach every action from the command palette.
Make it yours
Thirteen themes from Clean white to true-black Ink, four font stacks, font size, line height, interface scale, page width, and more.
Sync when you want it
Optional sign-in with Google, GitHub, Apple, or an email link keeps documents and settings in step across your Macs and PCs.
AI on your terms
Improve, summarize, explain, proofread, or run a custom instruction against any OpenAI-compatible endpoint you choose.
Text and code
A real editor underneath
- Automatic indentation and configurable tab width
- Language labels for Markdown, TS, JS, JSON, HTML, CSS, Python, Rust, Shell, SQL
- Live line, column, selection, word, and character counts
- Per-document encoding and LF / CRLF line endings
Rich documents
When plain text isn't enough
- Headings, bold, italic, underline, and links
- Ordered and unordered lists, block quotes, code blocks
- Portable HTML saving that opens anywhere
- Convert between plain and rich document types at any time
Q4 product proposal
We recommend shipping the editor refresh first, then the sync beta. The two can be staged independently and neither blocks the other.
Ship small, ship often.
- Freeze scope by Friday
- Cut a release candidate
- Notify beta testers via the changelog
Optional cloud sync
Local-first, cloud when you ask
- Sign in with Google, GitHub, Apple, or an email link
- One workspace per account, protected by row-level security
- Conflict detection before a newer workspace is replaced
- Sign out everywhere and delete cloud data from inside the app
- Account
- [email protected]
- Provider
- GitHub
- Last synced
- Just now
- Documents
- 4 synced
Themes
Thirteen themes, one editor
Clean is the default. Carbon, Aurora, Midnight, Plum, Slate, Moss, Ember, and true-black Ink for dark work; Paper, Sepia, Mist, and Snow for light. Pair any with system mono, JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, or a sans-serif stack.
Optional AI tools
Bring your own model
GlissNotes talks to any OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint you configure. Improve a paragraph, summarize a page, explain a snippet, proofread a draft, or write your own instruction. Insert the result below the source or replace it in place.
- Your API key is kept for the session only and never written to disk
- Nothing is sent until you explicitly run an action
- Endpoint and model are fully configurable
Also in your browser
The same editor, no install
GlissNotes runs as a web app with the same themes, local recovery, and optional sync. On Android, add it to your home screen and it installs as a standalone app that works offline.
- Works in Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox on desktop and mobile
- Phones get a sidebar drawer and larger touch targets
- Sign in once and your workspace follows you between desktop and browser
- Offline-capable after the first visit
Keyboard first
Hands stay on the keys
Every action has a shortcut on both platforms. Press F1 in the app for the full sheet.
| Action | macOS | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| New document | ⌘ N | Ctrl N |
| New rich text | ⇧ ⌘ N | Ctrl Shift N |
| Open files | ⌘ O | Ctrl O |
| Save | ⌘ S | Ctrl S |
| Duplicate line | ⇧ ⌘ D | Ctrl Shift D |
| Delete line | ⇧ ⌘ K | Ctrl Shift K |
| Move line up / down | ⌥ ↑ / ↓ | Alt ↑ / ↓ |
| Join lines | ⌘ J | Ctrl J |
| Toggle comment | ⌘ / | Ctrl / |
Start writing in under a minute
Download, open, type. No account, no onboarding, no subscription.