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Notes,
at home.

A quiet place to collect, organize, and revisit what matters — structured when you need it, out of the way when you don't.

v1.0.1  /  macOS 13+  /  Apple Silicon
Jotvella — Software Projects / Jotvella
The Jotvella workspace: a three-pane layout with a notebook sidebar, page list, and a free-canvas editor.
01 / Appearance

Light by day. Dark by night.

Jotvella follows your Mac — or set it yourself. The same calm, warm-paper feel in either mode.

Jotvella — Light
Jotvella in light mode
Light mode
Jotvella — Dark
Jotvella in dark mode
Dark mode
02 / The idea

Structure that recedes while you think.

A familiar hierarchy — notebook, section, page — on a free-canvas model where you can type anywhere.

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Notebook hierarchy

Notebook → section group → section → page. Nest it as deep as your thinking goes.

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Type anywhere

Block-based, free-canvas pages. Place text, tables, images, and ink wherever they belong.

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03

Rich editor

Rich text, tables, attachments, PencilKit drawings, tags, and wiki-style inter-page links.

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04

Per-section encryption

AES-256 sections unlocked with Touch ID or a passcode. Private stays private.

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Fast search

Background full-text indexing with CoreSpotlight. Find a thought the moment you need it.

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OneNote import

Reads .one, .onetoc2, and .onepkg via Microsoft's public specs.

03 / Built with

Native, local-first, and calm by default.

A clean-room design made entirely from public Apple frameworks and open specifications.

InterfaceSwiftUI + AppKit
PersistenceSwiftData / Core Data
Document formatFileWrapper package
Drawing / inkPencilKit
EncryptionCryptoKit · AES-256-GCM
AuthenticationLocalAuthentication
Cloud syncCloudKit (iCloud)
Search · OCRCoreSpotlight · Vision
04 / On your Mac

A desk that's always open.

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Download & unzip

Open the ZIP to reveal Jotvella.app.

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Approve it

First launch, allow it in System Settings → Privacy & Security.

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Start writing

Make a notebook, add a page, and type anywhere on it.

Download Jotvella ↓

This build is locally signed and not Apple-notarized, so macOS may ask you to approve it in Privacy & Security. Requires macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon. Jotvella is a clean-room design — no code, assets, or UI are copied from any existing product.

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