Welcome to Scratch

Scratch is a scratchpad for macOS. One window, summoned anywhere with a global hotkey and dismissed with the same one. Buffers live as plain Markdown files on your machine. There is no account, no sync, and no server-side copy.

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These docs cover everything Scratch does today.

Where to start

• Install — what to expect on first launch.
• The buffer — how the single-buffer model works and where buffers are stored.
• Working with buffers — moving between buffers, search, and find in buffer.
• Keyboard shortcuts — every shortcut in the app.

Customize

• Appearance and themes
• Editor preferences
• General settings

Move text in and out

• Exporting — Markdown, Obsidian, Apple Notes.
• Command-line interface — read and write buffers from a shell or an agent.
• Capture text — pull text from anything on your screen into the buffer.

Operate

• License and trial
• Privacy in the app
• Updates
• Troubleshooting

Status

Scratch is in private alpha. The first signed, notarized build will be available here when it ships.