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Magpie

Magpie

A home for every scattered thought.

Magpies collect the bright, scattered things and stash them somewhere safe. So does this. Magpie is a local-first notebook built for the way your mind actually works — catch a fleeting idea, a meeting note, a to-do, a half-formed plan, then shape the pile into something useful. Fast, private, and yours. Desktop and web.

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What it is

Your mind doesn't think in folders.

Ideas arrive scattered and out of order — a thought in the shower, a task mid-meeting, a link worth keeping. Magpie gives them one calm home: a place to capture fast, nest loosely, and come back later to turn the pile into a plan. No accounts to set up, no syncing to babysit. Just open it and start.

Features

Small app. Surprising range.

Everything you need to catch a thought and carry it all the way to done.

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Capture anything

Nested notes and labels for ideas, projects, and the in-between. Drag to reorganize whenever it clicks.

Notes that do things

Inline checklists with due dates, owners, and pins — plus a roll-up that gathers every to-do under a project.

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Write your way

Rich text and Markdown, pasted images, and [[wikilinks]] that connect one note to another.

A sharper draft

One click to tidy messy notes, draft an email, pull out the action items, or summarize a wall of text.

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Daily brief

What's overdue, what's due today, what's gone quiet — gathered for you first thing each morning.

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Yours, offline

Local-first by design. Your notes live on your machine — fast, private, and there when the Wi-Fi isn't.

How it works

Capture → organize → act.

The same loop a magpie runs: grab the shiny thing now, sort it later, put it to use.

01 · CAPTURE

Catch it before it's gone

Open Magpie and dump the thought — typed, dictated, or pasted. No friction, no filing required up front.

02 · ORGANIZE

Let it find its place

Nest notes under labels, link related ideas, tag a project. Structure emerges as you go, not before.

03 · ACT

Turn the pile into progress

Promote notes into to-dos, get your daily brief, and let one-click tools reshape notes into real output.

Desktop & Web

Built local-first, by design.

Magpie runs as a native desktop app and in the browser. Your data stays with you, so it's quick to open and yours to keep.

LocalNotes live on your machine
OfflineWorks with no connection
PrivateNo account required
FastOpens instantly, saves as you type

Be the first to know when Magpie lands.

It's coming soon. Drop your email and we'll tell you the moment it's ready — nothing else.