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Wisp for macOS icon

Wisp for macOS

Wisp is a macOS scratchpad. Press Alt + Space anywhere and a glass panel slides in. Type. Hit Esc. It's gone — but your text stays, as plain markdown on disk.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Homebrew
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Properties

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Features

  1.  Support for MarkDown
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Dark Mode
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  No Tracking
  7.  Sits in the menu bar
  8.  Global hotkey
  9.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
  10.  Support for Hotkeys

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  •  2 Forks
  •  2 Open Issues
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What is Wisp for macOS?

Wisp is a macOS scratchpad. Press Alt + Space anywhere and a glass panel slides in. Type. Hit Esc. It's gone — but your text stays, as plain markdown on disk.

Features:

  • Alt + Space to summon from anywhere (rebindable)
  • Light / dark / system appearance — one-click cycle, follows macOS by default
  • Six fonts to pick from (Charter, Iowan Old Style, Hoefler Text, Palatino, Optima, Avenir Next)
  • Smart editing — lists auto-continue, --- becomes a divider, bold and italic render inline
  • Headings — #, ##, ### render styled with click-to-jump navigation
  • Emoji shortcodes — :rocket: :fire: :heart: :check: and more
  • Bold / Italic — Cmd B / Cmd I
  • Auto-update — downloads new versions in the background
  • Launch at Login — toggle in the right-click menu
  • Plain markdown on disk at ~/Library/Application Support/Wisp/scratchpad.md
  • Sync across Macs — point at any folder via the right-click menu (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Syncthing all work)

Click the ? in the footer for the full keyboard shortcut list.