Download
Get Shady Notes.
Available now for macOS 13 Ventura or newer, on Apple Silicon and Intel — one signed, notarised DMG that stays out of the Mac App Store. Windows and Linux are on the way.
macOS
macOS 13 Ventura or newer · Apple Silicon & Intel
Universal · signed & notarised DMG
Windows
Windows 10 & 11
In development
Linux
Ubuntu 22.04+ · Debian-based
In development
Want Windows or Linux first? Join the Discord and tell us — it moves the roadmap.
Direct DMG
The straight path: download the signed, notarised disk image, drag
Shady Notes into /Applications,
and launch. No installer, no helper apps, no kernel extensions.
Light footprint
A native AppKit + SwiftUI app with no bundled browser and no external packages. It sits in your menu bar and stays out of the way until you scroll.
Your vault, ready
First launch creates ~/Documents/ShadyNotes/
(or point it at an existing Obsidian vault in Settings). Notes are
plain .md files from the first keystroke.
Requirements.
- macOS 13 Ventura or later — Apple Silicon and Intel, both served by the same universal download.
- About a scroll wheel's worth of muscle memory. That's it.
- No account, no sign-up: the trial starts when the app does.