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xNotes

xNotes is a lightweight macOS menu bar notes app. It keeps notes in tabs, includes a dedicated clipboard history tab, and offers fast search, backup, and text utilities.

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Features

  • Menu bar popover for fast access
  • Multiple tabs with titles and colors
  • Lock tabs to prevent accidental close
  • Auto title from the first non-empty line
  • Clipboard history tab (always visible)
  • Pinned clipboard slots (max 9)
  • Source app name and icon for clipboard items
  • Clipboard item transformations (case, JSON, URL, Base64, line tools, etc.)
  • Text expansion rules and quick inserts
  • Search across tab titles and content
  • Export notes to text
  • Backup export/import (JSON)
  • Editor font and size settings
  • Optional “keep window open” pin

Clipboard

  • New clipboard entries are captured automatically (text only)
  • Duplicates are deduplicated; newest moves to top
  • Pinned items stay at the top and are not removable
  • Right-click an item for transformations and actions

Text expansion

Search

  • Search matches tab titles and content
  • Navigation jumps to matching tabs

Text Expansion

  • Define short triggers that expand into longer snippets
  • Manage rules in the Text Expansion view

Shortcuts

  • ⌘1 … ⌘9 select tabs 1–9
  • ⌥1 … ⌥9 paste pinned clipboard slots 1–9 (when Clipboard tab is active)
  • ⌘F open search
  • ⌘G next result
  • ⇧⌘G previous result
  • Right‑click the menu bar icon for export/backup/quit

Backup

  • Export full app state (tabs + clipboard) as JSON
  • Import JSON backup to restore

Permissions

  • Pasting into other apps requires Accessibility permission for xNotes.

Requirements

  • macOS 13+ for “Launch at Login” toggle (older systems will ignore it)

Notes

  • Notes are stored locally in UserDefaults under the key savedNotes.

Build

Open xNotes.xcodeproj in Xcode and run.