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A complete, free writing workspace that runs entirely in your browser — combining the speed of a classic notepad with the organization of a modern notes app, and protected by autosave at every step.
Your note is saved automatically a fraction of a second after you stop typing, on every change, and again right before the page unloads. Nothing to remember, nothing to lose.
If the browser crashes or you close the tab, the recovery buffer restores your unsaved draft on return. Each note also keeps a capped history of earlier versions you can preview and restore.
Write in clean plain text, format with a rich-text toolbar, structure with live-preview Markdown, or track tasks with an interactive checklist — and switch modes whenever you like.
Build a tidy workspace: unlimited notes grouped into folders and color-coded categories, labelled with tags, then pinned, favorited or archived as you go.
Fuzzy search scans titles, bodies and tags as you type and stays fast across thousands of notes, with highlighted snippets so you can jump straight to the right note.
Start from Meeting Notes, Daily Journal, To-Do List, Project Plan, Blog Draft, Study Notes, Client Notes and more — or save your own structure as a starting point.
Export a note or the whole workspace to TXT, Markdown, HTML, PDF, DOCX or JSON; import TXT, DOCX, Markdown, JSON and CSV. Your data is yours to move.
Everything runs locally, so the notepad keeps working with no connection and your words never touch a server. Autosave, editing and search all happen on your device.
Dim the interface for distraction-free writing, go full-screen for Zen mode, or keep the caret centred with typewriter scrolling. Live word, character and reading-time counts stay one glance away.
Open the notepad and just type — no account, no setup. Every keystroke is captured. Pick plain text for speed, rich text for formatting, Markdown for structured writing, or to-do for a checklist. Switch modes any time without losing a word.
A debounced autosave writes your note to your browser’s IndexedDB (with a localStorage fallback) moments after you stop typing, and a crash buffer is flushed right before the tab closes. The status pill shows “Saving…”, then “Saved” with a timestamp, so you always know your work is safe.
Create unlimited notes and group them with folders, categories and tags. Pin the important ones, favorite the ones you reach for, archive what’s done, and find anything instantly with full-text fuzzy search — even across thousands of notes.
Download a note as TXT, Markdown, HTML, PDF, DOCX or JSON, export selected notes or your entire workspace as a backup, and import TXT, DOCX, Markdown, JSON or CSV. Version history lets you roll any note back to an earlier draft.
Notepad With Autosave is a free online notepad that turns your browser into a fast, private writing workspace. You open the page and start typing immediately — there is no sign-up, no software to install and no “New document” dialog to click through. The moment you pause, your work is saved automatically to your own device, so a refresh, an accidental tab close or a browser crash never costs you a sentence.
It combines the instant, friction-free feel of the classic Windows Notepad with the organization of modern note apps like Google Keep, Notion, Simplenote and Apple Notes — while staying lightweight and lightning quick. Instead of a single scratch box, you get a real workspace: unlimited notes, folders, categories, tags, search, templates and version history, all stored locally in your browser.
Because every feature runs client-side, the tool is genuinely private. Your notes are written to IndexedDB (with a localStorage fallback) on your computer or phone, never uploaded to a server. That makes it ideal for quick thoughts, meeting minutes, journaling, drafting articles, to-do lists, code snippets, study notes and anything else you would reach for a notepad to capture — without worrying about who can read it.
And it keeps working when the internet does not. Once the page has loaded, autosave, editing, organizing and exporting all happen offline, so you can write on a plane, in a basement office or anywhere with a flaky connection and trust that your notes are safe and waiting for you.
Autosave is the heart of this tool, and it is built to be both invisible and trustworthy. As you type, the editor watches for changes and starts a short debounce timer — typically around half a second. When you stop typing, the timer fires and the current note is serialized and written to storage. Debouncing means you are not hammering the disk on every keystroke, but you are never more than a moment away from a saved state.
Saving uses a layered strategy. The primary store is IndexedDB, a browser database designed for larger, structured data with no practical size cap for everyday notes. If IndexedDB is unavailable — for example in some private-browsing modes — the tool transparently falls back to localStorage, and it also mirrors a copy there so your notes survive even if one store is cleared.
To handle the worst case — a crash or a tab closed mid-sentence before the debounce fires — a lightweight recovery buffer is flushed synchronously in the browser’s “before unload” moment. When you come back, the notepad detects the buffer and offers to restore your most recent unsaved draft, so even an unexpected shutdown leaves your words intact.
Throughout, a small status indicator tells you exactly where you stand: it shows “Saving…” while a write is in flight and “Saved” with a timestamp once it completes — for example, “Saved automatically · 2:45 PM”. You never have to hunt for a save button or wonder whether your latest edit made it to disk.
The biggest benefit is peace of mind. With autosave and draft recovery, the anxiety of losing work simply goes away — you can close the tab, restart your machine or lose power and pick up exactly where you left off. For anyone who has ever lost an unsaved draft, that alone is reason enough.
It is also the fastest path from idea to text. There is nothing to download, no account to create and no loading screen between you and a blank page. That makes it perfect for capturing fleeting thoughts, jotting a phone number, pasting a snippet, drafting an email or starting an article before the idea slips away.
Privacy is a benefit you feel rather than see. Because nothing is uploaded, you can keep sensitive notes — passwords-in-progress, client details, personal journaling, half-formed ideas — without trusting them to a third party. Your browser is the server, the database and the backup all at once.
Finally, it scales with you. Start with a single scratch note today, and as your needs grow you have folders, tags, templates, search, multiple editor modes and export options ready — without ever migrating to a heavier, slower app. It is a notepad when you want simplicity and a workspace when you need structure.
This notepad is private by architecture, not just by policy. There is no server-side storage of your note content: every note, folder, tag and setting lives in your browser’s own database on your device. When you type, edit, search or autosave, the work happens entirely in client-side JavaScript — your words are never transmitted anywhere.
Rich-text and Markdown content is sanitized before it is rendered, stripping scripts, event handlers and dangerous URLs, so pasting formatted content from the web cannot inject malicious code (XSS) into your workspace. Exports are generated locally in the browser and downloaded directly to your device.
Because your data is local, you are also in full control of it. You can export a single note or your entire workspace as a JSON backup at any time, move it to another device, or clear everything in one action. Nothing is locked behind an account, and there is nothing for us to leak, sell or lose — your notes never leave your browser.
Two practical reminders follow from this design: your notes are tied to the browser and device you wrote them on (clearing site data or using a different browser starts fresh), so use the export/backup feature if you need them elsewhere; and on a shared or public computer, remember that locally stored notes remain until the browser data is cleared.
Capture agendas, decisions and action items in a Meeting Notes template, tag them by project, and export a clean summary to share afterwards.
Take Cornell-style lecture notes in Markdown, build flashcard-style term tables, and keep every course in its own folder.
Draft blog posts, articles and social captions distraction-free, watch your word count and reading time live, and export to Markdown or HTML.
Turn any note into an interactive checklist with progress tracking, or plan your week with the weekly-planner template.
Keep snippets, commands and scratch logs in a monospace, plain-text note that autosaves — a reliable replacement for an untitled editor tab.
Write a private daily journal or gratitude log that stays on your device, with templates to keep the habit easy.
Yes — completely free with no sign-up, no trial and no premium paywall on the core writing experience. You can create unlimited notes, use every editor mode, organize with folders and tags, and export your work without paying anything.
Yes. As you type, a debounced autosave writes your note to your browser a fraction of a second after you stop, on every change, and again right before the tab closes. A status pill shows “Saving…” and then “Saved” with a timestamp, so you can see it working.
No. Your notes are stored on your device in IndexedDB (with a localStorage fallback), so they are restored automatically when you return. A crash-recovery buffer also captures unsaved text just before the page unloads and offers to restore it next time.
Yes. If the browser or tab closes unexpectedly, the recovery buffer restores your most recent unsaved draft when you reopen the notepad, showing a “Recovered your previous note” prompt. Each note also keeps a version history you can roll back to.
No. Nothing is uploaded. Every note, folder, tag and setting is stored locally in your browser and processed entirely on your device. Your notes never leave your browser, which is why the tool also works offline.
Yes. Once the page has loaded, writing, autosaving, organizing, searching and exporting all happen locally, so you can keep working with no internet connection. Your changes are saved to your device and remain available the next time you open the page.
Yes — you can create unlimited notes. Rename, duplicate, pin, favorite, archive and delete them, and group them into folders and categories with tags for fast organization.
Yes. Markdown mode gives you a live preview as you type, supporting headings, bold and italic, lists, checklists, tables, code blocks, links, images and quotes. You can also export your note as a .md file.
Yes. Rich-text mode provides a formatting toolbar for bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, headings, lists, links, quotes and code, editing visually like a word processor. Rich content is sanitized for safety.
Yes. You can export any note to PDF, and also to TXT, Markdown, HTML, DOCX (Word) and JSON. You can export a single note, a selection, or your entire workspace as a backup.
Yes. You can import TXT, Markdown, JSON and CSV files, as well as DOCX (Word) documents, which are converted to editable rich text in the browser — no upload required.
Yes. The notepad includes a full dark mode you can toggle instantly, and it remembers your choice. Light and dark themes are designed for comfortable reading and long writing sessions.
Yes. To-do mode renders your note as an interactive checklist with clickable checkboxes and live progress tracking, showing how many tasks are complete. You can switch a note to and from to-do mode at any time.
Folders are containers you create to group related notes; categories are color-coded buckets like Personal, Work, Study, Ideas, Projects and Journal; and tags are free-form labels you add to any note. Search and filters work across all three.
Yes. A live statistics bar shows word count, character counts (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, lines, reading time and speaking time, all updating in real time as you write.
Yes. Instant full-text search scans titles, content and tags as you type and stays fast even with thousands of notes, showing matching snippets so you can jump straight to the right note.
Common shortcuts include Ctrl/Cmd+S to save, Ctrl/Cmd+N for a new note, Ctrl/Cmd+F to search, Ctrl/Cmd+P to print, and Ctrl/Cmd+Z / Ctrl/Cmd+Y for undo and redo. A built-in shortcut guide lists them all.
Yes. Export your entire workspace as a JSON backup, then import it on another device or browser. Because notes are stored per-browser, exporting is the recommended way to move or back them up.
Yes. The layout is fully responsive, with a collapsible sidebar and touch-friendly controls, so you can write and organize comfortably on phones, tablets, laptops and desktops.
Yes. All rich-text and Markdown content is sanitized before rendering, removing scripts, inline event handlers and dangerous URLs, so pasting content from the web cannot inject malicious code into your notes.
There is no fixed limit on the number of notes or total length beyond your device’s available storage. IndexedDB comfortably handles large workspaces, and the tool trims old version-history snapshots first if storage ever runs low.
Not yet — to keep the tool fully private and server-free, notes stay on the device you wrote them on. The architecture is built to add optional cloud sync and accounts in the future; for now, use export/import to move notes between devices.
Yes. Focus mode dims the surrounding interface, Zen mode goes full-screen, and typewriter mode keeps your current line centred, giving you a calm, distraction-free space with your live word count a glance away.
No. It runs entirely in your web browser with nothing to install or update. Just open the page and start writing — it behaves like an app while remaining a fast, lightweight website.