macOS Tahoe · Free · Open Source
Lives in your menu bar. Doesn't live in your face. Type something, close it, come back later. It remembers.
What it does
Type in Markdown and watch it render as you type. Not in a preview pane. Right there, inline. Headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, code, checkboxes. The syntax dims so the content stands out.
Click the pin icon and Nib floats above everything — full-screen apps, other windows, all of it. Follows you across Desktop Spaces. Good for when you need to reference something while also writing the thing.
Hit the copy button. The entire scratchpad goes to your clipboard. Paste it wherever. It gives you a little visual confirmation so you know it worked. Small thing. Satisfying every time.
No accounts. No cloud sync. No analytics. No network calls. Your text is a file sitting quietly in Application Support. That's it. Nib doesn't know you exist, and that's the point.
macOS Tahoe. Liquid Glass. Built for the menu bar. Not the App Store.
Download v1.0Installation
Nib is signed with a free developer certificate. macOS might give you the "unidentified developer" warning on first launch. Right-click → Open → Open. You only have to do this once. Not paying Apple $99/year to avoid a dialog box.
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