mudlarkA scratchpad
that organizes
itself.
Start a line with a prefix such as #, +, ?, or !. Mudlark sorts, groups, and renders your notes on the right. While you keep typing on the left.
Free for 14 days. No account needed. macOS 14+.
# morning standup
+ ship the landing page
+ write the blog post
? should we move the deadline?
! demo is at 3pm
" premature optimization is the root of all evil
* bring the good coffee
* book the meeting room
− ship land
the language
Eight characters do most of the work.
Plus fifteen more for tables, timers, code, math, find, footnotes, moves, metadata and more.
See all 23 prefixes →how you’ll actually use it
Mudlark groups your lines by type.
Inside a section, the right side groups lines by type: tasks at the top, then highlights, then questions and quotes, then bullets. Type under a heading in whatever order they come to mind. The rendered side keeps the same arrangement every time. You never reorder it by hand.
Check things off by typing, not clicking.
Type − buy gr and "Buy groceries" gets checked. Fuzzy matching means you type just enough to be unambiguous. Your hands never leave the keyboard.
Jot a line without opening the app.
Press ⌃⌥. anywhere in macOS and the clipboard is appended to your note. Add shift for a compose bar that floats over whatever you’re doing. The app you were in stays focused.
Export to the apps you already use.
One keystroke sends a line, task, or whole note to Obsidian, iA Writer, Bear, Ulysses, Craft, Apple Notes, Notion, or a plain-text folder. Mudlark is where you draft. The archive lives in the apps that keep things.
the look
Twenty themes. Ten light, ten dark.
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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Or build your own. Pick colors, the builder writes the JSON for you.
Build a theme →exports
Send finished notes to the apps that keep them.
Push lines, tasks, or whole notes straight into the tools you already use.
the price
macOS 14+, Apple Silicon or Intel. 14-day free trial, no card needed.