Envy
Fast, Frictionless Notes
What it does
Envy is a free, fast Markdown notes app for Mac. Every note is a plainmd file stored locally — no account, no sync service, no subscription, no lock-in. 3.8 MB, open source.
Envy is a free, fast Markdown notes app for Mac. Every note is a plain .md file stored locally — no account, no sync service, no subscription, no lock-in. 6.0 MB. Source is public to read; the code is proprietary.
Your thoughts are your own. Your notes should be, too. Ownership is disappearing, but it doesn’t have to be that way. With Envy, a single box searches, creates, opens, and filters your thoughts. Everything lives locally on device, in plain .md files. There’s no account, no sync service, no subscription, and no lock‑in. Oh, and it’s free. II. Everything done in the app exists outside the app, from notes to theme settings. III. Subscriptions are slavery. Software should be free. You should be, too. IV. Should Envy perish, your notes will remain. They were never ours to keep. VII. Hypertext has always been supreme. Interlinking is akin to necessity. VIII. Sync by…from envynote.app
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