Cogito (beta). Pronounced koh-gee-toh.
A quiet, beautiful, native app for your (and your agents’) Markdown files.
Built for power users and developers, but with simplicity and minimalism in mind. It's fast, polished, and a pleasure to use.
Writing
Write Markdown like it was meant to be written.
Everything you’d expect from a modern Markdown editor, as a beautiful native Mac app.
- Drag-and-drop images and media inline
- Syntax dims so your prose stays readable
- Shortcuts for bold, italic, links, tasks
- Smart lists with auto-renumbering and indentation
- Curated typography with customization
Navigation
Find any note in an instant.
Quick Open searches across all your locations, tabs let you work in multiple notes at once, and favorites keep your most-used files within reach.
- Quick Open (⌘P)
- Open files in tabs
- Favorites and pinned notes and folders
- Drag-and-drop to reorganize in the sidebar
- Add any folder as a location
For agents and humans
A home for your agents’ Markdown, too.
Your notes are plain Markdown on disk — no database, no proprietary format, no lock-in. Anything an agent or script writes shows up instantly in your editor.
- Plain Markdown any tool can read and write
- No sync service or database in the way
- External changes appear in real time
- Blazing fast with files of any size
Crafted details
Every detail tuned for focus.
Hand-tuned color palettes, beautiful typography, and attention to every pixel.
- Synced source and preview scrolling
- Syntax highlighting for 20+ languages
- 200+ custom folder icons
- Best-in-class table rendering
Power features
More than meets the eye.
Simple on the surface, packed underneath. This is a minimal writing app built with power users and developers in mind.
- [[Wiki links]] with live resolution
- Obsidian-style ![[Embeds]] supported
- Clickable task checkboxes
- Export preview as a polished PDF
Free while in beta
I'm working on this as a side project, my main focus is Typefully. I'll figure out pricing eventually, but for now it's completely free.
If you want to support me, give me a follow on X and check out Typefully.
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