GaspFeatures
Gasp is a free app for writing notes on a Mac or a Linux computer. It keeps your notes as ordinary text files in a folder you choose. Here is what it can do.
- Works with ObsidianOpen your Obsidian notes in Gasp without converting anything. You can keep using Obsidian too.
- SpeedA note is ready to type in less than half a second. Typing stays instant, even in very long notes.
- Free syncKeep your notes the same on all your computers through iCloud Drive or GitHub. It costs nothing.
- Locked notesLock private notes with a password. Nobody can read them without it, even in the cloud.
- AI assistantsLet Claude and other AI assistants read and edit your notes, and even change how Gasp looks.
- MathWrite equations in LaTeX and see them as finished math while you type.
Everything else
- Formatting as you type
- Gasp hides Markdown symbols as you type. Your note looks finished while you write it. The symbols come back where your cursor is.
- Tables
- You edit tables like a spreadsheet. You can drag rows and columns around and sort them.
- Search
- Gasp searches every note as you type. You can also replace a word in all your notes at once.
- Command list
- Press ⌘P and type a few letters to find any command. Commands you used recently come first.
- Spelling and grammar
- Gasp checks your writing without the internet. It learns the names and words you use often.
- Footnotes
- Gasp numbers your footnotes for you. It warns you about a footnote that's missing or never used.
- Saving as PDF or a web page
- Any note can become a PDF that looks like a printed page, or a web page for your website.
- Tabs and side-by-side notes
- Open notes in tabs. Drag a tab to the side to see two notes at once.
- Links
- The sidebar shows which notes link to the one you have open, and the headings inside it.
- Daily notes and templates
- One command opens today's note. It can start from a template with the date filled in.
- File recovery
- Gasp saves a backup copy of your notes every five minutes and keeps it for a week.
- Writing time
- Gasp tracks how long you've spent writing each note. It also shows the word count and reading time.