Catch every idea the moment you have it. Press CtrlAltN in any app and start typing, get your reminders as desktop notifications, and never hunt through browser tabs for your notes again.
Download the AppImageOr get the .deb for Ubuntu and Debian, for Intel and AMD or ARM.
Included with your Scratchpad account. The AppImage runs on most distributions and keeps itself up to date.
Press CtrlAltN in any app, in the middle of an email, a call, or a spreadsheet, and Scratchpad comes forward with a fresh note, ready to type. No tab to find, no page to load.
When Scratchpad is already in front, CtrlN starts a new note and Ctrl, opens Settings, with menus in your own language.
Set a reminder in any note, and right on time it arrives as a desktop notification, even with the window closed. Click it, and the note opens.
Closing the window keeps Scratchpad running in the tray, and Open at Login starts it quietly when you sign in, so nothing slips by.
Scratchpad signs in through your browser, so the passkey you already use just works, from Chrome, a password manager, or a YubiKey.
Locked notes open the same way, with a matching code on both screens so you always know it’s you.
A tray icon, real menus in your language, a window that remembers where you left it, and spell check in every note.
The app updates itself in the background, and new Scratchpad features arrive the day they ship.
The same notes as on the web, your phone, and your other computers, kept in sync as you type.
Passkeys live in your browser, your password manager, or on a security key, where a desktop app can’t reach them. So the app hands the sign-in to your browser, where every passkey, Google, and your password work, and comes straight back signed in. Unlocking a note with a passkey works the same way. Nothing is shared with the app but the sign-in itself.
The AppImage runs on almost any distribution with nothing to install: make it executable and open it (on Ubuntu 22.04 or later, install libfuse2 first). The .deb installs Scratchpad like any other app on Ubuntu and Debian, with sudo apt install ./Scratchpad-linux-amd64.deb. Both update themselves, and the .deb asks for your password to install each update.
Some desktops, like stock GNOME on Fedora and Debian, only show tray icons with the AppIndicator extension turned on. Ubuntu has it already. Without it, open Scratchpad again from your apps, or press Ctrl+Alt+N.
Not yet. Like the web app, it needs an internet connection to open and save your notes.
No. The Linux app comes with every Scratchpad plan.
Not yet. On Windows, Scratchpad works in any browser, and Chrome and Edge can install it as an app from the address bar.
Yes. Scratchpad for Mac is included with every plan too.
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