Wisp

A dead-simple macOS scratchpad. ⌥Space to summon, type, Esc to dismiss.

Install

Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, Apple silicon.

Homebrew

brew tap sulemaanhamza/wisp
brew install --cask wisp
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Wisp.app

Direct download

Grab the latest zip from Releases, unzip, drag Wisp.app to /Applications, then:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Wisp.app

The xattr step is needed because Wisp isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID — it tells macOS the app is safe to open.

Features

• ⌥Space to summon from anywhere (rebindable)
• Light / dark / system appearance — one-click cycle, follows macOS by default
• Six fonts to pick from (Charter, Iowan Old Style, Hoefler Text, Palatino, Optima, Avenir Next)
• Smart editing — lists auto-continue, --- becomes a divider, **bold** and *italic* render inline
• Headings — #, ##, ### render styled with click-to-jump navigation
• Emoji shortcodes — :rocket: :fire: :heart: :check: and more
• Bold / Italic — ⌘B / ⌘I
• Auto-update — downloads new versions in the background
• Launch at Login — toggle in the right-click menu
• Plain markdown on disk at ~/Library/Application Support/Wisp/scratchpad.md
• Sync across Macs — point at any folder via the right-click menu (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Syncthing all work)

Click the ? in the footer for the full keyboard shortcut list.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/sulemaanhamza/wisp.git
cd wisp
swift run

Contributing

Run the test suite before sending a pull request:

swift run Wisp --test

License

MIT — see LICENSE.