Calm, local-first, and monospace-led. No accounts, no tracking, no cloud by default. Just you and your notes.
Notes live in your browser's local storage. Nothing leaves your machine unless you choose to export it. No servers, no syncing you didn't ask for, no silent uploads.
MonoJot uses a monospace font throughout because it imposes a quiet visual rhythm on text. Every character takes the same width. Writing feels more deliberate.
Export your full library as a JSON backup or download individual notes as plain .txt files. If you ever leave, you take everything — in formats that open anywhere.
No dashboards, no gamification, no nudges. A writing surface, a library on the side, and panels that appear when you call them and disappear when you don't.
MonoJot started as a personal tool — a place to write without being managed. Most note apps ask you to create an account before you've typed a single word, or push you toward features that make the app more useful to them than to you.
The goal was simpler: an app that loads immediately, stores notes locally, and gets out of the way. Markdown because it stays legible as plain text. Monospace because it makes every character feel intentional. No accounts because there's nothing to log in to.
Seven major versions later, MonoJot has grown to include Smart Typing for inline math and unit conversions, [[Note links]] and a Map panel for note relationships, Writing Insights, a Today panel with local weather and reminders, Screen Lock, and a full backup and recovery system — while remaining a single static file that deploys anywhere in seconds.
Write 2+2= and MonoJot evaluates it inline. Unit conversions work the same way — 10km = becomes 6.21 mi without leaving the editor.
Link notes with [[Note Title]] syntax. The Map panel visualises backlinks, outgoing links, tags, and @mentions as a navigable relationship graph.
Local weather via browser geolocation — no third-party account required — plus reminders and a calendar view, in a panel beside the editor.
Word count, readability grade, estimated reading time, and paragraph metrics — always for the current note, always one panel away.
MonoJot is an independent project, designed and built by one person with the belief that software can be calm, private, and genuinely useful without asking anything in return. No investors, no growth targets, no dark patterns. Just a well-made tool that respects your time and your data.
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