Swifty Notes

Overview

Swifty Notes is a note-taking program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: Markdown support and sync across devices.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

At a glance

All of Swifty Notes is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

About

Swifty Notes is a native GTK/libadwaita Markdown notes application for Linux written in Swift. The desktop app is the primary experience: write, organize, and preview Markdown notes with native GTK widgets, autosave, remembered workspace state, and adjustable editor settings such as font size, wrapping, indentation, and appearance. The included CLI works on the same file-backed notes so shell scripts, automation, and AI agents can safely inspect or update notes without a separate database or background service. Create, rename, duplicate, export, and delete Markdown notes. Autosave edits, remember workspace state, and keep note-local image assets together with each note. Adjust editor font size and other writing preferences to fit different screens and workflows. Choose where notes are stored, including a cloud-synced folder, so the same plain files can stay in sync across devices. Import images with drag and drop and render Markdown with a native GTK preview instead of a web view. Write formulas in LaTeX and see them drawn natively in the preview, in note titles and in the outline. Find your way through long notes with the outline panel, and find and replace text in the editor or the preview. Format with the toolbar or keyboard shortcuts; lists, quotes and tables continue when you press Enter. Zoom the preview and set its line spacing to suit your screen. Use the CLI for JSON-friendly note automation from scripts, shell pipelines, and AI agents. Switch the interface language between the system default and any language the build ships, without restarting the app.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)