At home on your Mac.
One shortcut away. Built with Swift and AppKit to feel at home on your Mac.
A window that floats above everything.
Press ⌘ . from any app tocapture a thought, transcribe a meeting, work inside your Obsidian vault, or open a terminal.
Download for MacFree for 3 days. No account, no card.
See PricingFree for 3 days. No account, no card.
Write. Run. Make it yours.
A markdown editor, a real terminal, and themes for every mood.
A terminal in the panel. A shell inside the floating window, one keystroke away. Run Claude Code, your dotfiles, or any CLI without opening another window. Your font, your theme, powerline and all.
Writing that renders as you type. Headings, bold, code and checkboxes render inline. Math evaluates in place, Vim mode if you want it, and pasted text lands as clean markdown.
Twenty-one themes. Dracula, Nord, Gruvbox, Tokyo Night, Catppuccin and more, or write your own and tune it in the workshop.
Stay with what you’re doing.
Notes that know what you’re watching.
Start typing and the video pauses. Your notes link back to the exact moment, so you can pick up the thought later.
Your notes, on your terms.
Local transcription and plain markdown, built into a native Mac app.
Your conversations stay here.
Record and transcribe locally on your Mac. No bots joining your calls.
Your files, welcome here.
Open your markdown files in Mote. Keep editing anywhere. They’re yours.
More ways to work with Mote
In the editor.
Vim keys, live markdown rendering, and clean markdown from pasted text.
With your agent.
The Mote skill lets Claude Code and other agents with file access read, create, and update your notes. Edits appear live in Mote.
How Mote compares.
Features, limits, and pricing, side by side.
| Feature | Mote | Raycast Notes | Antinote | SideNotes | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $18.99 once | $96/yr | $5 once | $19.99 once | $19.99 unlock |
| Unlimited notes | 5 free | 7 max | |||
| Floating | Side panel | ||||
| Live markdown | Basic | Raw only | |||
| YouTube mode | |||||
| Transcription | |||||
| Obsidian | Export only | ||||
| Web clipper | |||||
| Focus timer | |||||
| Claude Code + Codex | |||||
| Local-first | iCloud |
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A few words about Mote.
mote is one of those apps you don't realize you need until you use it
On XIt's one of those products you really don't think you need, but once you have it, you can't live without it. Meeting notes, notes, terminal, all in one place. It's genuinely a life-changer.
On XThe app looks just fantastic, much much better than raycast note or any other products
On DiscordAs someone addicted to workflow optimization who has tried them all (I mean, all), [mote] nailed it. Really. The render-in-place flow is very smooth, and that's not easy in Swift. So well done.
Private messageThe Obsidian integration is genius, especially the ability to search your vault. Honestly impressive the responsiveness. No bugs I'm noticing.
Private messagedon't sleep on mote it's raycast floating notes, with a whisper clone inside because why not
On Xi like the approach of the main use case is simple (i just want to take quick floating notes), but as my needs grow the software has the depth to support it. i feel like so far mote has been very aligned with that.
On DiscordJust downloaded it. It surprised me! Pretty dope
On X$18.99$24.99
One-time purchase. Try it free for 3 days first — no card, no account.
- Unlimited notes
- Lifetime updates · changelog · roadmap
- Local transcription — no cloud, no accounts
- Obsidian vault export (⌘⇧E)
- Native Swift — under 150 MB, even while transcribing
- macOS 15+ (Sequoia)
Regional pricing or questions? marcel@getmote.md