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Jot 2.0
Select text, tap Shift twice, it's a markdown file
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Select text, tap Shift twice, it's a markdown file
57 followers
Jot is a capture inbox for macOS. Select anything, tap Shift twice, and it becomes a markdown file in a folder you own. Hold fn to dictate into any app. Ctrl+Opt+A grabs a region of the screen to mark up. Jot 2.0 is rewritten in Rust, off Electron: 675 MB down to 43 MB on Apple silicon. No account, no sync. Speech runs on your Mac with 59 local models. A CLI and an MCP server let Claude Code, Codex and Cursor read, search and tag your notes. One-time license.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Mohak, I built Jot solo.
My notes app was always one window too far away. By the time I switched to it, the thought was gone. So Jot has no window to switch to. Select anything on your Mac, tap Shift twice, done.
What it does
Shift Shift captures the selection, the images in it, or a screenshot on the clipboard
Hold fn and speak, and the words type into whatever app is in front
Ctrl+Opt+A grabs a region of the screen so you can mark it up and paste it
What's new in 2.0
Rewritten in Rust, off Electron, built on Rune. The app went from 675 MB to 43 MB on Apple silicon.
Same vault, settings and license. Jot 1.1.4 updates in place.
Dictation got better: a faster first dictation after launch, no clipped first or last word, and quiet speech is no longer dropped.
see more on changelog
Three choices I made on purpose
Files, not a database. Every jot is plain markdown in ~/Documents/Jot. No account, no sync.
On-device first. Apple Speech or one of 59 local models transcribes on your Mac. Cloud models are optional, with your own key in the Keychain.
Built for agents. A CLI and an MCP server, so Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can list, search and tag your jots. There is no delete tool.
Pricing: every feature is free for 3 days, no account and no card. After that it's a one-time license, $9 for the first 50 buyers, then $29. 7-day refund.
3 people bought it on day one, and two of them took the 3-Mac license.
I'd love to know: what do you keep losing because it took too long to write down?
Hey, congrats on the launch.With 59 local models to pick from, which one would you suggest to someone who just wants it to work?
@edoardo2 Thanks! Leave it on Automatic, which is the default. On macOS 26 that's Apple Speech: nothing to download, about 45 languages. On older macOS it uses Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3, a 740 MB one-time download that's fast and covers 25 languages. You only need the model list for a niche language or to experiment.
The files-not-a-database choice is what got me — plain markdown in ~/Documents/Jot means I can grep my notes, and with the MCP server my coding agents can search them too. And 675 MB down to 43 MB in the Rust rewrite is a serious diet. The thing I keep losing is the idea that shows up mid-debug, when switching to a notes app would kill it — Shift-Shift without leaving what I'm doing is exactly the fix for that.
@jcbuilds That mid-debug thought is exactly why I built it. And since it's plain files, jot search in the terminal or your agent over MCP finds it later, so it doesn't just sit in an inbox. Thanks JC 🙏