Resurf
Hi HN folks, Deep here. I am a design engineer and I have been building Resurf for the past 4 months. Resurf is a local first Mac app for quickly capturing notes, thoughts, ideas, inspiration, links, and files like PDFs and images without switching context. As a design engineer who cares a lot about craft, I built resurf because my “stuff I want to keep” was scattered across tabs, different apps, notes, screenshots, random folders, and I kept losing good references. A lot of tools exist, but I wanted something calm + polished that feels native on Mac (not another file manager). with Resurf…
Resurf launched on September 11, 2026 with 301 votes, #38 of 8,042 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
In plain words
Resurf is a Mac app that lets designers and knowledge workers quickly capture notes, links, images, PDFs, and other files without leaving their current window. It uses a global shortcut and menu bar access to save items to an inbox, which users can later organize into spaces and tags. Designed to feel like native Mac software, Resurf stores everything locally and includes search functionality to help users retrieve scattered references and inspiration they've collected.
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Hi HN folks, Deep here. I am a design engineer and I have been building Resurf for the past 4 months. Resurf is a local first Mac app for quickly capturing notes, thoughts, ideas, inspiration, links, and files like PDFs and images without switching context. As a design engineer who cares a lot about craft, I built…
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