A minimal note-taking app

A notes app designed by writers, for writers.

In20xx Notes is for people who write a lot of notes and want total control over where those notes are kept. Organize notes with limitless notebooks, note nesting, and titled note blocks within notes. Your notes will never be held hostage. You choose what folder to save them in. Easy import and export. This no-bloat app takes milliseconds to start.

Format
Text
Structure
Folders, nested
Storage
Yours
Size
11 MB
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01 — Position
Unlike other note apps, In20xx Notes is not: a task manager, a scheduler, a team organizer, an email client, a website publisher, a photo album, or a wrapper for AI. It won’t ask you to log in, won’t give you plan limits, and won’t run slow.
02 — What it does

Main Features

03 — Appearance

Three views, one window.

In20xx Notes writing view with folder tree on the left, the editor in the middle, and an outline on the right
Writing view
View 01

The writing view.

Your tree on the left. Your text in the middle. An outline on the right that follows along as you scroll. Three columns, one purpose: keep the writing at the centre of the screen.

Tree · left Editor · center Outline · right
In20xx Notes with the scratchpad panel open and a folder icon and color picker displayed
Scratchpad + folder marks
View 02

The scratch pad, always open.

A panel that doesn't close. Jot the half-thought, the phone number, the sentence you'll use later. Mark folders with a color and an icon if that helps you find them — or don't, and let the names do the work.

Scratchpad · right Marks · optional Always on
In20xx Notes with multiple notes open in tabs, including a note titled Rina Almost Killed and another titled 1,000,000 Faces
Multi-tab notes
View 03

Several notes, side by side.

Open more than one note at once. Each lives in its own tab. Pull a reference from one while you write in another — no splitting windows, no losing your place.

Tabs · top Notes · independent Switch · instant
"I wanted somewhere to put words without the software performing the act of putting words somewhere. In20xx Notes is the closest I've come."
M. Voss Novelist · 14 years of notes

Get In20xx Notes. It's free.

Checking GitHub for the latest release… No installer telemetry, no account required. Pick your platform and the file lands directly.

01 — For
Windows
Windows 10 or later · 64-bit installer
02 — For
macOS
macOS 12 Monterey or later · Intel or Apple silicon
03 — For
Linux
64-bit · AppImage, Debian/Ubuntu, or Fedora/RHEL
No account In20xx Notes never asks you to sign in. There is nothing to sign in to.
No telemetry The app does not phone home. Nothing about your writing leaves your machine.
Open source Source available under the MIT licence. Build it yourself, if you prefer.