Stack SlatemacOS desktop · Web app · Markdown · Export anytime
One key to capture. One search to find it. That's it.
Everything else is noise.
Three things. Done exceptionally.
Every decision inside Stack Slate is in service of one of these. If it isn't, we don't ship it.
Capture in a keystroke.
Press ⌘⇧S from anywhere. A minimal composer appears. Type. ⌘↵. Saved. Under 500ms from keypress to visible.
Search that actually finds things.
Full-text search across every note, every tag, every attachment. Stack Slate OCRs your PDFs and screenshots, so the stuff you captured as an image is searchable too. ⌘J opens a fuzzy finder for instant jump-to-note.
Markdown, yours forever.
Your notes are plain markdown. Export one or all, anytime. No proprietary format. No lock-in. If you ever leave Stack Slate, you take everything with you.
Less app, more notes.
What most notes apps have taught you to tolerate — and what Stack Slate quietly skips.
Notes apps that got in the way
- 4-click navigation to create a new note
- Folders inside folders inside folders
- Search that returns 200 irrelevant results
- A screenshot you know you saved but can't find
- Notes stuck in a proprietary format
- Price hikes that tripled overnight
- A trash that empties itself overnight
Notes apps that stay out of your way
- One keystroke. No folders. No clicks.
- A flat list, sorted by recency
- Search ranked by what matters, OCR included
- A screenshot you find by searching its text
- Plain markdown, one-click export
- A flat $20/mo for 7 apps including Stack Slate
- Trash with restore — and an undo toast every time
Stack Slate does less on purpose.
We cut the features that make notes apps feel heavy. You get a tool that stays fast as your library grows past 12,000 notes.
- Flat list of notes, virtualized for 12k+
- Tags
- Markdown + images + PDFs
- Full-text + OCR search across attachments
- Cmd+J fuzzy finder
- .enex import from Evernote
- Trash with restore + delete forever
- Realtime sync across devices
- Desktop (macOS Electron) + web
- Optimistic UI with undo toasts
- Dark + light mode
- Nested pages and sub-pages
- Folders / notebooks
- Databases and typed tables
- Backlinks / graph view
- Browser extension (v1.1)
- Real-time collaboration
- Custom themes / CSS
Coming from Evernote?
Evernote Advanced is $14–18/mo. Stack Slate is part of Stack at $20/mo for 7 apps. Bring your notes — we import .enex.
- Evernote .enex import — upload an export, keep your notes, tags, attachments, highlights, and notebook structure.
- Web clipper on the v1.1 roadmap — Chrome extension ships next.
- No surprise limits — no 50-note free tier, no device caps, no price hikes.
Two places. Same notes.
A native desktop app for the way your day starts, a web app for the way it ends. Realtime sync between the two.
Stack Slate desktop
LiveSigned Electron build, global hotkey, menu-bar capture, offline-first. macOS 13+ or Windows 10+, signed.
v0.1.4 · release notes →Stack Slate on the web
LiveSign in with Google, get a 14-day free trial, and start capturing notes instantly. Same notes, same shortcuts, no install.
Coming next: iPad, iPhone, Windows, Chrome clipper.
Stack Slate is part of Stack.
$20/mo for the whole suite of 7 apps. Replaces Evernote (~$15/mo) plus 6 more.
Honest answers.
No marketing weasel. If we don't do it yet, we say so.
.enex file from Evernote and drop it into Stack Slate. Notes, tags, attachments, highlights, and notebook structure come across. We don't alter your markdown on import.