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Life & fun · June 9, 2014

5iler

A notepad for the rhythm of your mind

5iler launched on June 9, 2014 with 81 votes, #436 of 1,531 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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What it does

5iler (pronounced ‘filer’) is a notepad for the rhythm of your mind. Tired of living my life in 20+ TextEdit windows and 100+ Evernote documents, I realized that all I really needed was an app which lets me work with 5 simple, repurposable "files". You can organize your files using colors and customizable labels, and repurpose them to fit the contexts relevant to you at a given time. Unlike most other text editors, 5iler's working space is limited — so things remain maintainable. There are two ways to use 5iler: as a web app or as a desktop app for the Mac. As for right now, it doesn’t have a backend or user accounts. Unless you setup Dropbox syncing, it keeps your data 100% private by…from 5iler.com

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