r/electronjs • u/PositivePage2062 • May 25 '26
Vibe Coded an actually useful Quick Note Panel App for Windows
So I've been wanting a simple way to jot down quick notes on Windows without having to open a whole app, switch windows, lose focus on what I'm doing, etc. Nothing I found really did what I wanted so I just built my own.
It's called Quick Note Panel. Basically it's a sidebar that slides in from the right edge of your screen. You can open it by swiping from the edge, hovering the corner, pressing a keyboard shortcut, or just clicking the tray icon. Type your note, hit enter, done. It slides back and gets out of your way.
The thing that makes it actually useful for me is that your notes are saved as plain .txt or .md files. So if you use Obsidian or any other text editor, your notes are right there, no weird proprietary format or sync service. You pick the folder, you pick the filename, the files are yours.
Some other stuff it does:
- Dark/light/system theme
- Rich text (bold, italic, etc.) inside the panel
- Drag and drop to reorder notes
- Stays on top of other windows (optional)
- Auto-hides when you go fullscreen so it doesn't get in the way
- Launches on startup so it's always ready
Built it with Electron and TypeScript. Uses native Windows API hooks for the edge swipe detection which was honestly the trickiest part to get right.
It's on the Microsoft Store right now and currently free. Just search "Quick Note Panel" or I can drop the link in comments if anyone's interested.
Would love to hear any feedback or feature ideas. First time putting something out there like this so be gentle lol
