Shokonotes
Press kit
Everything you need to write about Shokonotes or show it in a video. Take what you need; nothing here requires asking.
Jean-Christophe Baptiste — shokonotes@jcbaptiste.com
Want to try it? Ask for a free licence: it comes with no condition and no obligation to cover the app.
In one sentence
Shokonotes is a library and reader for Markdown notes kept as plain files in a folder you choose, for Mac and iPhone, with no account and no subscription.
Short description
Your notes are files. Shokonotes finds them, reads them and lets you write them: full-text search that answers while you type, nested folders, YAML tags that cut across them, a clean GitHub Flavored Markdown preview with syntax highlighting, and a small built-in editor — or the one you already use. Nothing is imported, nothing is locked in: delete the app and your notes are still there.
Key facts
- Platforms: macOS 14 or later, iOS 17 or later. One purchase includes the Mac and iPhone apps.
- No account, no subscription, no telemetry. The Mac app requests no network access at all.
- Plain Markdown files in a folder you choose; sync is your choice (iCloud Drive, Nextcloud, Syncthing, Git, or nothing). The iPhone app opens folders in iCloud Drive.
- A read-only library: browsing, selecting and searching never put you in edit mode. Writing happens in a window of its own.
- Editor: Shokonotes’ own, small on purpose, or your own (Typora, VS Code, BBEdit, TextEdit…), chosen in Settings.
- Instant capture: a global shortcut (⌃⌥⌘N by default) creates a note in your Inbox from any app, even with the Shokonotes window closed or minimized; on iPhone, Share ▸ Shokonotes saves a web page or text.
- Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese.
- Maker: Jean-Christophe Baptiste, independent developer.
What sets it apart
- Your notes stay files, readable by any other app, today and in ten years.
- Reading and writing are separate on purpose: no stray cursor, no accidental edit.
- Private by construction: no account to create, nothing sent anywhere.
- A thought captured in one keystroke from any app, without opening or switching to the library.
- A one-time purchase, with no subscription.
Links
Icon
Full-size, square: the system applies the rounded mask.
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Screenshots
Full-resolution files. The app interface is shown in French.
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