mudlarkA scratchpad
that organizes
itself.
Start a line with a prefix, like # for a heading, + for a task, or ! for a highlight. 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
! 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 cover most notes.
Plus thirteen more for tables, timers, code, math, find, footnotes, moves, metadata and more.
See all 20 prefixes →how you’ll use it
Mudlark groups your lines by type.
Inside a section, tasks sit at the top, then highlights and quotes, then bullets. Type lines under a heading in whatever order they come to mind. The rendered side keeps the same arrangement every time.
Check things off by typing.
Type − buy gr and "Buy groceries" gets checked. Fuzzy matching means you type just enough to be unambiguous.
Jot a line without opening the app.
Press ⌥Space anywhere in macOS to open a compose bar that floats over whatever you’re doing. Add Shift to pre-fill it from your clipboard. 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.
the look
Twenty themes. Ten light, ten dark.
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
, draft
" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
, draft
" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
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" make it work first
# deep work
+ finish draft
! ship by noon
, draft
" make it work first
Or build your own. Pick colors, the builder writes the JSON for you.
Build a theme →exports
Send notes to the apps you already use.
Mudlark exports to seven note apps and three task apps. Note apps get the whole note, task apps get just the tasks, and one keystroke sends to everything you've set up at once.
- OObsidian
- NNotion
- AApple Notes
- BBear
- iAiA Writer
- UUlysses
- CCraft
- TThings
- TTodoist
- RReminders
the price
macOS 14+, Apple Silicon or Intel. 14-day free trial, no card needed.