Your first note

No form to fill in. The first line becomes the title.

Open Scratchpad and type. Nothing to name, nothing to file, nothing to set up first.

The Scratchpad window, with folders on the left, notes in the middle, and the open note on the right. — Folders on the left, your notes in the middle, and the one you're writing on the right.

The first line is the title

There's no title field. Whatever you type on the first line becomes the note's name in the list, so you can get the thought down before you've decided what it is.

Rename a note from its header and the title sticks from then on. Editing the first line won't change it any more.

It saves itself

No save button. Your edits are written as you type and sync to every device you're signed in on, usually before you've finished the sentence.

The line under the title says where things stand: Synced, Connecting while it's reaching the server, or Offline when there's nothing to reach. It also shows when you last edited the note, and the word count if there's room.

Edits you make offline sit in the browser and go up the moment you're back.

Where notes go

Nowhere, unless you say otherwise. A new note lands in Uncategorized, and that's fine: search reads every note whether or not it's ever been filed.

Folders and tags are there when a pile gets big enough to want them. They're never something you have to do first.

Last updated 21 September 2026