Markie

Markie is a minimal menu bar app for macOS that lets you quickly jot down notes and append them to specific files without switching apps or dealing with save dialogs.

How It Works

You point Markie at the files you actually use (a daily log, a notes file, a running todo list, whatever), give each one a hotkey, and you're done. Hit the hotkey, type, press return — the line shows up at the bottom of the file.

Key Features

• Quick Capture: Press your custom hotkey, a small panel slides in, focused and ready
• File Management: Add any plain-text or Markdown file, optionally with an alias
• Keyboard Shortcuts:
  • ⌘ ↩ — Append the line to the file
  • ⌘ ⇧ ↩ — Prepend (write at the top instead)
  • ⌘ ⌥ ↩ — Append, then open the file
  • ⌘ O — Just open the file
  • ⎋ — Cancel and dismiss
  • ⇥ — Switch between files
• Todo Mode: Mark a file as todo-style and new lines come out as checklist items
• Auto Updates: Markie checks for new versions automatically using Sparkle

System Requirements

• macOS 26.1 or later

Markie stays out of the way until you need it, and gets out of the way the moment you're done.