The source code editor your Mac deserves.
A native text and code editor for Mac, built for developers, security professionals, and power users. 50+ languages. Multi-tab. Built-in hex editor. Works fully offline. One purchase — no subscription, no account, no telemetry.
Mac App Store, or download direct with a 14-day free trial · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon
Full syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, right out of the box.
Tab.Noted detects your language from the file extension and applies full syntax highlighting — no setup, no plugins. From Swift and Python to YARA rules, Suricata signatures, HCL, Protobuf, and Jinja2. Twelve built-in themes. A custom theme builder for the rest.
Web · Systems · JVM & .NET · Scripting · Shell & Build · Data & Config · Security · and more
A colored marker appears next to any line you've changed since your last save — green for new lines, orange for edits. Click a marker to see what was there before. No git repository required.
Editing YARA rules? Tab.Noted checks them as you type — missing condition blocks, duplicate or undefined string identifiers — and flags problems with a clear error marker.
Tabs that resize fluidly as you open more. Drag to reorder. Pin the ones you always need — pinned tabs survive app restarts even without being saved. Quick Open (⌘P) gets you anywhere without touching the mouse. Your workspace comes back exactly as you left it.
Save named sets of open tabs and switch between them instantly — one group for each project, investigation, or context. Each group remembers and restores its own tabs, so jumping between work never means rebuilding your setup. New Tab Group is one shortcut away (⌘⌥T).
Regex support. Whole-word matching. Case sensitivity. Select all occurrences at once. Search across every open tab with ⌘⇧F, or sweep an entire folder from disk. Replace All is fully undoable.
Macro recording and playback. Snippet expansion. Clipboard history — paste anything you copied, not just the last thing. Column selection. Move lines. Sort, deduplicate, and trim. Case conversion. Toggle comments for every language. All built in, nothing to install. Every shortcut can be remapped to match your workflow, with automatic conflict detection — see the full keyboard shortcut reference.
Minimap for long files. File browser for your project tree. Hex editor for binary inspection. Markdown preview. Side-by-side file diff. JSON tree viewer. Document statistics. All included — no extensions required.
No account to create. No analytics running in the background. No subscription expiring. Tab.Noted doesn't know who you are, and it doesn't need to. Your files stay on your device. The app works fully offline. Pay once — it's yours. The direct-download version sends only your license key and your Mac's name to Polar, to check the license, and checks GitHub for updates.
Already planned for upcoming releases:
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Tab.Noted runs natively on Apple silicon Macs.
Yes. Editing never needs an internet connection. Markdown preview works offline too, and never goes online. The direct-download version goes online only to activate your license key, to re-check it about once a month, and to check for updates. If it can't reach the server, Tab.Noted keeps working.
Same app, same features. The App Store version is bought and updated through Apple. The direct version comes with a 14-day free trial, is bought through Polar, and updates itself. Direct versions are numbered 27.2.x and App Store versions 27.1.x.
Tab.Noted turns read-only until you enter a license key. Your files still open, and you can scroll, search and copy, but editing and saving are paused. Buy a license and paste the key into Settings ▸ License to unlock it straight away. Nothing you wrote is lost.
Choose Tab.Noted ▸ About Tab.Noted. It shows the version number followed by "(App Store)" or "(Direct)".
Yes, up to 2 Macs per license key. To move it, open Settings ▸ License ▸ Deactivate This Mac on the old Mac, or free a Mac in your customer portal.
They're separate purchases. If you'd like the direct version as well, email [email protected] with your App Store receipt and we'll send you a discount code.
Choose one. Both are named Tab.Noted, so your Applications folder can hold only one of them.
Direct download: email [email protected] within 21 days of purchase for a full refund, no questions asked. Mac App Store: refunds go through Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Any plain text file. Tab.Noted recognizes 50+ languages by file extension and applies syntax highlighting automatically. It can also open any file in the hex editor.
Only file-backed tabs (tabs with saved files) restore on relaunch. Untitled tabs that were never saved cannot be restored. When you quit with unsaved untitled tabs, Tab.Noted will prompt you to save them before closing.
Settings (⌘,) → Appearance → choose one of the 12 built-in themes. You can set different themes for light and dark mode.
Settings (⌘,) → Font — choose the font family and size.
Enable the File Browser (⌘⇧B or View → File Browser), then click the folder icon to open any folder as a tree. Click any file in the tree to open it in a tab.
Open both files in separate tabs, then use Tools → Compare Tabs (⌘⌥⇧D) to see a side-by-side diff.
Press ⌘⇧F or Search → Search in All Files.
Press ⌘⇧M to start recording, perform your keystrokes, then press ⌘⇧M again to stop. Play it back with ⌘⇧P.
Yes — use Tools → Hex View to open any file in the hex editor and inspect its raw bytes.
Use the Encoding menu → Convert to Windows (CRLF), Unix (LF), or Classic Mac (CR).
Tools → Manage Snippets → create a snippet with a trigger word. Type the trigger in the editor and press Tab to expand it.
View → Always on Top.
| Feature | Mac App Store | Direct download |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 once | $4.99 once, plus tax where it applies |
| Try before you buy | No | 14 days free, every feature |
| You buy from | Apple | Polar, our payment provider |
| Use on | Your Macs signed in with your Apple ID | Up to 2 Macs per license key |
| Updates | Through the App Store | Inside the app |
| Refunds | Through Apple | 21 days, no questions asked |
| Version | 27.1.x | 27.2.x |
Same app, two ways to buy.
$4.99, one-time. Updates arrive through the App Store.
Free for 14 days with every feature. Then $4.99, one-time, for a license key that works on 2 Macs.
Or install with Homebrew:
brew install --cask notedsuiteapps/tap/tab-notedHomebrew may ask you to trust the notedsuiteapps tap. That's us.
After the trial, Tab.Noted turns read-only until you enter a license key. Your files still open, and you can search and copy. Nothing you wrote is lost.
Your license key arrives by email from Polar, our payment provider. Paste it into Settings ▸ License.
Signed and notarized by Apple; updates arrive in the app. macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon.
Release notes and every version: GitHub Releases · Terms of sale