xNotes

xNotes is a lightweight macOS menu bar notes app. It keeps notes in tabs, includes a dedicated clipboard history tab, and offers fast search, backup, and text utilities.

Features

• Menu bar popover for fast access
• Multiple tabs with titles and colors
• Lock tabs to prevent accidental close
• Auto title from the first non-empty line
• Clipboard history tab (always visible)
• Pinned clipboard slots (max 9)
• Source app name and icon for clipboard items
• Clipboard item transformations (case, JSON, URL, Base64, line tools, etc.)
• Text expansion rules and quick inserts
• Search across tab titles and content
• Export notes to text
• Backup export/import (JSON)
• Editor font and size settings
• Optional “keep window open” pin

Clipboard

• New clipboard entries are captured automatically (text only)
• Duplicates are deduplicated; newest moves to top
• Pinned items stay at the top and are not removable
• Right-click an item for transformations and actions

Text expansion

Search

• Search matches tab titles and content
• Navigation jumps to matching tabs

Text Expansion

• Define short triggers that expand into longer snippets
• Manage rules in the Text Expansion view

Shortcuts

• ⌘1 … ⌘9 select tabs 1–9
• ⌥1 … ⌥9 paste pinned clipboard slots 1–9 (when Clipboard tab is active)
• ⌘F open search
• ⌘G next result
• ⇧⌘G previous result
• Right‑click the menu bar icon for export/backup/quit

Backup

• Export full app state (tabs + clipboard) as JSON
• Import JSON backup to restore

Permissions

• Pasting into other apps requires Accessibility permission for xNotes.

Requirements

• macOS 13+ for “Launch at Login” toggle (older systems will ignore it)

Notes

• Notes are stored locally in UserDefaults under the key savedNotes.

Build

Open xNotes.xcodeproj in Xcode and run.