Notes that stay out of your way.

Capture the thought, then get back to your life. Understory keeps every note close, calm and quietly connected.

A sunlit room with a wooden desk and a single chair

Three promises we can keep.

Local by default

Your notes live as plain files on your own device. Sync is a choice you make, not a condition of using the app.

Fast beyond habit

It opens straight to a blank page and keeps up with your typing. Waiting for a note app is a broken promise.

Yours to export

One command writes your entire library to markdown. Leaving should never feel like moving house.

Soft morning light across an empty desk

Morning review: yesterday’s notes, ready in one quiet scroll.

An armchair beside a window with an open notebook

Morning pages, minus the paper

A dated page opens each day and accepts whatever arrives: fragments, complaints, half-sentences. Reviewing them later is one calm scroll.

A cup of tea next to a closed notebook on a wooden table

Everything within reach

Search reads meaning, not just keywords, so the note about patience surfaces while you are writing about teaching.

“Ten minutes of capture, then the page goes quiet. It is the first tool that respects my attention.”
Aiko Tanaka|Essayist, Larkspur Review

Open a quieter notebook.

Free while you decide. Imports from every major notes app take minutes.