Beautiful, minimal, focused

A notes app designed by writers, for writers.

In20xx Notes is for people who write a lot of notes. Organize notes with limitless notebooks, note nesting, and titled note blocks within notes. Everything you need is a click away and yet buttons and ribbons never appear over your writing. Persistent scratchpad, side-by-side notes, color icons, and one-click copy are some of the features that help your note taking flow.

Format
Rich text
Structure
Infinite nesting
Storage
Your choice
Size
11 MB
Scroll
01 — Position
This program wants to do one thing and one thing well, empower your idea catching and information handling. It won’t ask you to log in, won’t give you plan limits, and won’t run slow.
02 — Appearance

Screenshots

In20xx Notes writing view with folder tree on the left and the editor in the main pane
View 01

Clean layout

Notebook name at the top left. Drag and drop to rearrange notes on the tree. Expand or collapse nested notes with a single click. Open multiple tabbed notes. Options stay out of sight until you need them.

Tree · left Editor · center Workspace · clean
In20xx Notes with the notebook menu open and a table of contents panel on the right
View 02

Notebooks and Table of Contents

Switch between notebooks using the left menu. A table of contents for the active note displays on the right. Drag and drop within the table to reorder note sections. Headings and titled note blocks automatically generate the table.

Notebooks · left Editor · center Contents · right
In20xx Notes with the scratchpad panel open and a folder icon and color picker displayed
View 03

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 two notes open side by side, one dimmed writing note and one active publish note
View 04

Two notes in the same workspace.

Keep a draft open while another note stays active beside it. Pull from source material, compare phrasing, or keep a publishing checklist visible without splitting the app into separate windows.

Draft · left Reference · right Tabs · top
In20xx Notes publish note showing the slash command menu and titled note blocks
View 05

Block tools when you need them.

Type a slash to bring up common blocks: regular text, titled notes, lists, tables, code, headings, and dividers. The editor stays plain until you ask it to become structured.

Slash menu · inline Blocks · fast Notes · grouped
In20xx Notes publish note with a selected titled note block and formatting toolbar at the bottom
View 06

Edit the block, not the chrome.

When a block is active, the controls move to the edge of the workspace. Formatting, alignment, lists, and block type changes stay available without crowding the page.

Selection · clear Toolbar · bottom Editing · focused
"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.