MonkeyNote

A Modern Note-Taking Application for macOS

Overview

MonkeyNote is a minimalist, native macOS note-taking application built with SwiftUI. It provides a clean, distraction-free interface for organizing your thoughts with powerful features like markdown rendering, custom cursor controls, intelligent autocomplete, and hierarchical folder organization.

Demo

Quick demo: watch a short recording of MonkeyNote in action.

Screenshot

✨ Features

• Hierarchical Organization: Create unlimited nested folders to organize your notes
• Markdown Rendering: Real-time markdown syntax highlighting and rendering
• Obsidian: Totally using Obsidian-style markdown syntax
• Custom Cursor: Configurable cursor width, blinking, and animation settings
• Smart Autocomplete: Intelligent word and line completion with customizable delay
• Powerful Search: Fast in-document search with match navigation
• Drag & Drop: Intuitive drag-and-drop support for notes and folders

📋 Requirements

• macOS 15.7 or later
• Xcode 16.2 or later (for building from source)

Run from Source

./run.sh

Build from Source

```bash
./build.sh
```

Build with Xcode

See doc/build.md for detailed build instructions.

🚀 Installation

Download Pre-built App

• Download the latest MonkeyNote.dmg from the Releases page

Note: If macOS shows "app cannot be opened", go to System Settings > Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

⚙️ Configuration

MonkeyNote stores all notes and settings in your local file system:

• Notes location: ~/Documents/MonkeyNote/
• Settings: Stored in UserDefaults

Customizable Settings

Access settings via the gear icon in the sidebar:

• Theme: Light/Dark mode toggle
• Font Family: Monospaced, Rounded, or Serif
• Font Size: Adjustable text size
• Cursor Settings: Width, blinking, animation
• Autocomplete: Enable/disable, delay, opacity
• Suggestion Mode: Word or line completion
• Markdown Rendering: Toggle markdown preview
• Vault Location: Change notes storage location

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
⌘ + F	Focus search field
⏎ (in search)	Navigate to next match
ESC (in search)	Close search and return to editor

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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