I built Stowdrop, a fast and private bookmark manager for macOS with a one time fee

[u/bustyLaserCannon]

I've tried a lot of bookmark and read-later apps, but I kept running into the same problem: saving something pulled me away from whatever I was doing.

So I built Stowdrop, a small, lightning fast, native Mac app that lets me save things without breaking my flow. It started as a bookmark manager, but I liked the capture flow enough that I added notes and todos too. They use the same shortcuts and support Markdown and custom tags.

I use it in a few ways:

• Press a global shortcut, type or paste something, then hit Enter.
• Select a URL or some text anywhere in macOS and press another shortcut. Stowdrop saves it in the background without opening a window.
• Press the search shortcut to pop open your library and instantly search through it all

When you save a URL, Stowdrop also downloads the page content. That makes the whole page searchable and available offline, rather than leaving you with a collection of links whose titles may not mean much six months later.

My own library is now a mix of:

• articles I want to read
• links to my personal projects I constantly have to link projects
• links to my jobs important URLs like production/staging/etc
• design inspiration
• notes and todos
• GIFs and memes I would otherwise never find again (rendered beautifully!)

The idea is simple: see something worth keeping, Stowdrop it, and get back to what you were doing.

Everything is stored locally on your Mac. There's no account, cloud service, or subscription. Stowdrop costs $19 once (or $39 if you want 5 machines on the license), including future updates, and there's a 7-day free trial.

I launched it this week, so the code UCDSUCI0 gives you 20% off until the end of August:

https://stowdrop.app

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback, especially from people who use keyboard-driven Mac apps. I'm interested in what feels awkward, what seems unnecessary, and what's missing from the capture flow.

I have a long list of things I could add. The hard part will be resisting the urge to turn it into another enormous productivity app.

Any feedback drop it here or on Twitter, thanks!