Writ

The only
notescratchpadMarkdown editorjournalto-do list
app you need

Markdown files in a folder you can open, with links, a graph and an MCP server built in.

Download for macOS GitHub

v0.4.0 · macOS 12+ · Windows 10+ · Linux · 21 MB

The Writ window: the notes folder in the sidebar, a note open with its rendered preview beside it

Every note is a file

Notes are plain Markdown files in a folder you can open, ~/Writ unless you move it. The folder is the only copy: the database holds an index and window state and can be deleted without losing a note.

The notes folder in Finder, one Markdown file per note

Graph

Nearby notes draws the ones linked around the note you have open. Graph view draws the whole folder, and tags sit in the sidebar.

Graph view of a whole notes folder, one color per folder

Programs

Writ ships an MCP server, off by default: approve each program by name, reading and writing separately, and every call is listed in the Activity panel without the note's text. The chat pane, also off by default, runs on a local model or your own key, sends only the notes you attach, and shows each edit it proposes as a diff you apply or discard.

Earlier versions

Writ keeps a version each time a note is saved, for thirty days, in its own data folder and never inside the notes folder. Revert To puts one back.

The earlier versions of a note listed beside it, with Revert To on one of them

Download

macOS12 or later, Apple silicon and Intel .pkg · 21 MB.dmg · 21 MB SHA256
Windows10 or later, 64-bit .msi · 11 MB SHA256
Linuxx86_64 .AppImage · 85 MB.deb · 12 MB SHA256
brew trust ibrahemid/writbrew install --cask ibrahemid/writ/writwinget install -e --id ibrahemid.Writyay -S writ-bin

Nothing leaves your machine unless you turn on chat, rewriting or a connected program, and the one request Writ makes on its own, the update check, can be turned off (privacy).