Free for Mac · macOS 14 and later
Your words.
On your Mac.
Schreibmaschine is a calm, native Mac editor for people who write. Every page is a plain Markdown file in a folder you own. Nothing lives in a cloud, nothing gets lost, and writing AI is built in.
Download for MacFree forever · A free account is required to download
Like a good typewriter
A tool that does its job.
Every single time.
No sync to wait for, no server that can go down, nothing between you and your text. Schreibmaschine runs on your Mac and writes to your disk. Your account is only for the download and updates.
THE TOOL
Made for daily work
- Opens instantly, fully native
- Works offline, always
- Slash commands for blocks
- Search and switch with ⌘K
- Light and dark, pixel for pixel
THE FILES
Yours forever
- Every page is a plain .md file
- Frontmatter as properties
- Links, tags and backlinks
- Open the folder you have
- No cloud, no lock-in
Under the hood
You see a page.
You keep a file.
What you write is saved byte for byte as Markdown. Open it in any editor, sync it with anything, read it in 20 years.
---created: 2026-10-12author: "[[Anne-Laure Le Cunff]]"status: Readingtags: [books, productivity]---A book about swapping rigid goals forsmall, curious experiments. Recommendedby [[Oliver Burkeman]].## Key ideas- Treat life as a series of experiments- [x] Finish chapter 4- [ ] Copy highlights into `Reading.md`
Tiny Experiments
A book about swapping rigid goals for small, curious experiments. Recommended by Oliver Burkeman.
Key ideas
Finish chapter 4Reading.mdDatabases
Your notes,
as a table or a board.
Every page in a folder becomes a row or a card. Sort, filter and group, inline in a page or full screen.
Reading list
Reading list.base·5 notes from Reading/
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Four Thousand Weeks | Finished |
| Deep Work | Finished |
| Tiny Experiments | Reading |
| Bird by Bird | Want to read |
| The Creative Act | Want to read |
COUNT5
Table or board
Switch with one click. On the board, drag a card to another column and the note’s property changes with it.
Right in your page
Type /database to drop one into any page, or open it full screen in its own tab.
Still just files
A cell edit changes the note’s properties. The view is a small text file next to your notes.
Writing AI
Select a passage.
Let AI polish it.
Improve writing, Proofread and Translate sit right on the selection card. Edits arrive in blue, in your own text. Keep them with ↩, drop them with ⌘Z.
ON THIS MAC
Apple Intelligence
- Built in, nothing to set up
- Nothing you select leaves your Mac
- No account, no API key, no cost
- Improve writing, Proofread, Translate
- Needs macOS 26 on Apple silicon
IN THE TERMINAL
Your own AI
- Uses the CLI you already have
- Text goes only to the provider you pick
- Your own login and plan, no API key
- Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Copilot CLI
- Every model those CLIs can reach
Everything you need.
Nothing that gets in the way.
A terminal beside your pages
Open Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Copilot next to your notes with ⌃`. They work right in your folder.
Databases
See a folder as a table or a board, sorted and grouped by its properties. Every row stays a plain note.
Similar pages
Under each page, the notes about the same thing, even when they share no words. Worked out on your Mac.
Truly native
Written in Swift for macOS. No Electron, no browser in disguise. It just feels right.
Bring your folders
Use the Markdown folders you already have, nothing to import. Keep work and life apart, each in its own colour.
Links & backlinks
Link pages with [[ ]] and see what links back. Your links stay plain text.
Slash commands
Type / for headings, to-dos, tables, code and more. Everything lands as clean Markdown.
Properties
Frontmatter shows up as tidy properties: dates, checkboxes, tags and text.
Quick switcher
Jump to any page with ⌘K. Fast even with thousands of notes.
Free. Really.
Say hello, then take it.
Schreibmaschine costs nothing. A free account lets us send you updates, and lets you tell us what to build next.
Create an account
Name, email, password. That is all we ask for.
Download for Mac
A native app for macOS 14 and later, Apple silicon and Intel.
Sign in once
Use the same login in the app and new versions arrive on their own.
Put it in writing.
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