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.
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Like a good typewriter
A tool that does its job.
Every single time.
No sync to wait for, no server that can go down, no login screen between you and your text. Schreibmaschine runs on your Mac and writes to your disk.
THE TOOL
Made for daily work
- Opens instantly, native on macOS
- Works offline, always
- Slash commands for every block
- Quick switcher and search on ⌘K
- Light and dark, pixel for pixel
THE FILES
Everything stays yours
- Every page is a plain .md file
- Frontmatter becomes properties
- Links, tags and backlinks
- Open the folder you already have
- No cloud, no lock-in, no export
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.mdWriting 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
The agent you already use
- Claude Code: text goes to Anthropic
- Codex: text goes to OpenAI
- OpenCode: the model you set up
- GitHub Copilot CLI: text goes to GitHub
- Your own login, no API key
Everything you need.
Nothing that gets in the way.
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.
Links & backlinks
Link pages with [[ ]] and see what links back. Your links stay plain text.
Quick switcher
Jump to any page with ⌘K. Fast even with thousands of notes.
Truly native
Written in Swift for macOS. No Electron, no browser in disguise. It just feels right.
Bring your folder
Point Schreibmaschine at the Markdown folder you already have. Nothing to import, nothing to convert.
Similar pages
Under each page, the notes about the same thing, even when they share no words. Worked out on your Mac.
A terminal beside your pages
Open Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Copilot next to your notes with ⌃`. They work right in your folder.
Many folders
Keep work and life apart. Switch folders from the sidebar, each with its own colour.
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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