Start with a cover, not a blank rectangle.
Give a note a cover image, a title, and a date, and it becomes something you actually want to return to. Browse your workspace like a gallery instead of scrolling a list of filenames.
The note becomes the room.
Nota is a local-first workspace for writing, drawing, meetings, and AI. It opens with atmosphere, keeps the tools in one surface, and lets the work stay yours.
Every note opens like a room you want to work in.
Each note can lead with cover art, a date, and context — so you land in a space that already has shape instead of a blinking cursor on an empty page. Documents and freeform canvas live side by side.
"Write, draw, plan, and ask AI — without ever leaving the note."
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Cover-led writing
A note can open like a room. Artwork, date, context, and structure all arrive before the first sentence does.
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Canvas and document together
Write, sketch, collect, and arrange without leaving the workspace or forcing the idea into separate tools.
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AI with your routing
Ask from the workspace, route through your own models or keys, and keep the answer anchored to real source material.
What's inside the workspace.
Notes and canvas are just the start. Nota runs AI on-device, searches your whole workspace by meaning, and turns meetings into pages you can edit.
Local AI
AI that runs on your device
On-device models handle chat, summaries, and note actions without the cloud — or plug in your own OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google key when you want more power.
Semantic search
Ask your workspace anything
Search by meaning, not just keywords. Nota finds the right note, block, or canvas and keeps AI answers grounded in your own material.
Meetings
Record, transcribe, summarize
Capture a meeting, get a transcript and summary, then save the outcome as a workspace page you can search, link, and revise.
Canvas + docs
One surface for everything
Write structured documents and sketch on a freeform canvas in the same note — no switching between separate apps to think.
Your keys, your data
Bring your own models
Hosted providers are opt-in. Your API keys stay on your machine in a local file — never sent to or managed by a Nota server.
Tools & agents
Connect MCP tools
Attach MCP tools and let AI take real actions inside your workspace, all routed through the same provider setup you control.
Everything you need, in one local-first workspace.
Your notes stay on your device. AI runs through your own models or keys. Meetings turn into editable pages. Documents and canvas share one interface — so nothing lives in a separate tool.
Local-first by default
Your workspace stays canonical on your device. Sync, export, and cloud providers layer on top instead of taking ownership away.
Google sign-in stays off the binary
The app opens a browser-based OAuth flow on the site. The hosted broker keeps Google secrets server-side, then returns only the local session the desktop app needs for Drive backup.
Meetings become editable pages
Capture, transcribe, summarize, and save the outcome as workspace content that can be searched, linked, and revised later.
One surface for thought
Notes, canvases, AI, and planning sit inside the same product grammar so the landing page feels like the app itself.
AI on your terms
Ask questions and draft from inside the workspace, routed through your own models or API keys. Answers stay anchored to your real notes — not someone else's cloud.
Before you download.
The short answers to the things people ask first.
Do I need an account?
No. Nota works the moment you open it. The only sign-in is an optional Google connection for Drive backup, and that happens in your browser.
Does the AI work offline?
Yes. Nota ships on-device models that run chat, summaries, and note actions without an internet connection. Connecting your own provider key is optional and only used when you choose it.
Where is my data stored?
On your device. Your workspace stays canonical locally; sync, export, and cloud backup layer on top instead of taking ownership away.
Which platforms are supported?
macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows, and Linux. The desktop app updates itself as new versions ship.
Your notes, AI, and meetings — all in one place.
Download the desktop app and start with a workspace that stays on your device. Connect Google Drive through the browser whenever you want a backup.