Light to write. Yours to keep.

A calm block editor with the freedom of plain files. Every note stays a file on your computer, and nothing needs an account.

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01Local filesPlain Markdown on your disk
02BlocksSlash commands, callouts, tables
03LinksA map of what you know

Your notes are files.

Each page is a Markdown file in a folder you choose. Any editor can open it, any backup can keep it.

Works fully offline
No account, no server
Nothing to export when you leave

Feather
Projects
Garden redesign.md
Trip planning.md
Daily
2026-10-22.md
Templates
Meeting note.md
Attachments
garden-sketch.png

Structure when you need it.

Type in Markdown, read it as a page. This editor runs in your browser and keeps your text on this device.

Trip planning.md Saved on this device

Ctrl B bold Click a checkbox to toggle it

Links turn notes into a map.

Write [[ to link two notes. Drag a node to see how it connects.

Your ink never fades.

While you write, Feather keeps a copy of each note every ten minutes. Scroll back through the day, see exactly what changed, and restore any version. It's free, and the copies stay on your computer next to your notes.

Every note, every ten minutes, automatically
See what a restore brings back and removes
Restoring keeps the current text too

Today 4:47 PMjust now 4:37 PM10 min ago 11:02 AM6 h ago Yesterday 9:15 PM1 day ago

Restoring brings back 1 line and removes 1 line.

## Route - Fort William to Glencoe - Skye, then straight home - Skye, then north to Torridon - Back down past Loch Ness

Catch it before it's gone.

Press Ctrl Shift Space in any app. A small window opens; type the thought and press Enter. It lands in today's note with the time next to it, and you're back where you were.

Quick captureCtrl Shift Space

Ask the ferry about bikes

Goes into today's daily noteEnter save

And the small things.

Images in notes
Paste a screenshot or drop a picture. It's saved next to your notes, not on a server.
Videos and link cards
A YouTube link on its own line plays in the note. Other links become tidy preview cards.
Templates
Meeting notes and weekly reviews in one keystroke, with the date and time filled in.
Covers and icons
Give a page a pattern, your own photo, or one of millions of free photos.
Daily notes
Ctrl D opens today's page, built from a template you can change.
Updates itself
New versions download quietly. One click to restart, and your notes stay put.

Make it yours, safely.

Plugins add commands and blocks to Feather. Each one runs in a sandbox: it can't see your files or reach the internet unless it asks, and you see exactly what it asks for before you install it.

Browse plugins Build one

Quick dates

The time now, tomorrow and next Monday in the / menu.

Needs no access to your notes

Reading time

How long the open note takes to read.

Read your notes

Table of contents

A linked list of the note's headings.

Read your notesEdit the open note

Compared, honestly.

Most note apps fall into two camps. Here's where Feather sits.

Feather Cloud note apps Local Markdown apps

Notes are plain files on your disk

Works fully offlinePartly

No account required

Block editor with slash commandsPartly

Version history, free and localLimitedPartly

Quick capture from any appPartlyPartly

Plugins run in a sandbox

Backlinks and graph viewPartly

Databases and board viewsSoonPartly

Free for personal use, on Windows, Mac and Linux. About 110 MB.

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Also: Mac with Intel chip · Linux .deb · All versions