A 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+.

you type

# 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

mudlark shows

the language

Eight characters do most of the work.

#heading
+task
done
!highlight
?question
"quote
*bullet
@media

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.

// what you typed (any order under one heading)
# Lisbon trip
staying in Alfama, near the tram
! passport expires Oct
+ book flights
→ task on top, highlight pinned under it

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.

+ Buy groceries
+ Call the plumber
...later
buy gr
→ ☑ Buy groceries
⌃⌥.

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

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

System Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Gruvbox Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Solarized Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Rosé Pine Dawn

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Nord Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Catppuccin Latte

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Tomorrow

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Atelier Lakeside Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Atelier Sulphurpool Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Ayu Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

System Dark

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Tokyo Night

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Solarized Dark

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Dracula

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Catppuccin Mocha

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Rosé Pine

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Kanagawa Wave

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Gruvbox Dark

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Carbonight

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Ayu Dark

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

System Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Gruvbox Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Solarized Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Rosé Pine Dawn

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Nord Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Catppuccin Latte

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Tomorrow

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Atelier Lakeside Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Atelier Sulphurpool Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Ayu Light

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

System Dark

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Tokyo Night

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Solarized Dark

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Dracula

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Catppuccin Mocha

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Rosé Pine

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Kanagawa Wave

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Gruvbox Dark

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Carbonight

# deep work

+ finish draft

! ship by noon

? skip the meeting?

" make it work first

Ayu Dark

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.

O
Obsidian
/ markdown vault
N
Notion
/ pages + db
A
Apple Notes
/ native
B
Bear
/ x-callback
iA
iA Writer
/ markdown
U
Ulysses
/ sheets
C
Craft
/ blocks
T
Things
/ tasks
T
Todoist
/ tasks
R
Reminders
/ native

the price

$4.99one-time · lifetime updates

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