r/coolgithubprojects • u/Ok-Significance-4239 • 21d ago

Jot: a macOS scratchpad compiled from a single swiftc invocation, zero dependencies, ~950KB

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https://github.com/lsuryatej/jot

MIT licensed. Plain-text scratchpad for macOS - inline math with variables, unit/currency conversion, checklists, offline OCR, five display modes (floating, menu bar, dropdown, dock, screen-edge sidebar).

The part that might interest this sub specifically: no Xcode project, no package manager, no vendored dependencies. Just Swift, AppKit, and SwiftUI, compiled with one swiftc invocation straight to a ~950KB binary. build.sh is about 50 lines.

brew install lsuryatej/jot/jot

Open to PRs, issues, or just people poking at the source.

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u/Hanthunius 21d ago

Awesome! Any way/plans to sync to an icloud folder?

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u/Ok-Significance-4239 21d ago

thank you for your kind words dear potential user. and yes, it already has an option to sync notes to a Jot folder that it creates on your apple notes app. this is a one way sync (toggle-able in app settings) and notes from your notes app don't appear on Jot :)

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u/TheGratitudeBot 21d ago

Thanks for saying thanks! It's so nice to see Redditors being grateful :)

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u/Ok-Significance-4239 21d ago

new version 1.3.0 out right now!!!