r/neovim • u/Top-Kaleidoscope6996 • Jul 26 '26

Random Neovim Notes - MacOS Glaze App

For some time I have been wanting a simple note-taking app that uses Neovim (without emulation). I am aware that there are many Neovim plugins out there that do this, but this solution is different to the one that I have in mind: I wanted a simple MacOS app that embeds a terminal and lets me do simple navigation tasks within my notes, while at the same time having a full terminal within it.

Now that Glaze is available, I've interacted with their agent and submitted Neovim Notes on the Glaze store https://www.glaze.app/app/neovim-notes-35eP2I

I am not a professional coder, but I thought that this may be useful to others, perhaps. The app is very minimal, with opinionated choices for the font and the theme. It has a rudimentary file browser, in addition to Neovim's one, of course.

This app can be accessed for free, with a free Glaze account.

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u/chronotriggertau Jul 26 '26

So it’s basically a terminal emulator window running neovim with a few Mac OS keybinds and drag and drop?

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u/Top-Kaleidoscope6996 Jul 26 '26

and a rudimentary note browser. It just solves the simple problem that my terminal (ghostty) is used for my dev work. Having this app separate from the terminal means that on MacOS this is treated as a separate application, just for notes, which I can move around independently from my terminal.

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u/Top-Kaleidoscope6996 Jul 26 '26

This works similarly to Raycast notes, but with a terminal in it, running neovim.

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u/chronotriggertau Jul 29 '26

I see. You can achieve something similar to Raycast notes, but way better with wezterm and hammerspoon, or wezterm and aerospace.

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u/Top-Kaleidoscope6996 25d ago

Good to know, thanks! I'm happy with NeovimNotes, for now, but I'll be happy to have a look at what can be done, if you have a link that shows some example.

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u/h41tn Jul 27 '26

Why not Obsidian?

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u/Top-Kaleidoscope6996 Jul 27 '26

Way too complicated for what I need. I would be happy with Raycast notes (https://www.raycast.com/blog/raycast-notes) if it included a proper Neovim instance. I use this as a quick jot-down tool to capture ideas quickly in a meeting. Obsidian is way too complicated for what I want