# Jot

> Local-first notes inbox for Mac. Select text, press Shift Shift, and it becomes a markdown file in a folder you own.

Jot is a one-time macOS license sold at https://sayjot.xyz. No subscription. No account, no sync. Anonymous app analytics are on by default, and the user can turn them off in Settings.

## Pricing (USD)
- 1 Mac: $9 launch, $29 regular, 1 Mac activated at once
- 3 Macs (recommended): $24 launch, $87 regular, 3 Macs activated at once
- 10 Macs: $69 launch, $290 regular, 10 Macs activated at once

Launch prices are for the first 50 checkouts. The crossed-out number on the site is the regular price. All three cards open checkout. The 1 Mac card applies FIRST50 at checkout. The 3 Mac and 10 Mac products are already the launch price. 7-day refund, no questions asked. A person reads support@sayjot.xyz.

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## What it does
- Shift Shift captures the selection, images in it, or a screenshot already on the clipboard.
- Quick note is Control-Option-N. Hold fn dictates into the app in front. Control-Option-V speaks a jot. Control-Option-A annotates a region. Control-Option-D draws a page into the inbox.
- Notes are plain markdown, by default in ~/Documents/Jot/. Drop an image onto a jot. Merge selected jots from the command palette.
- Jot cards render markdown. Titles stay plain text, and the file stays plain markdown.
- Transcription and cleanup can run on this Mac: Parakeet, Apple Speech (macOS 26 or later, about 45 languages including Hindi), Apple Intelligence (Apple silicon, macOS 26 or later), Ollama, or LM Studio. Or pick a cloud provider with your own key: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, OpenRouter, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Cloudflare Workers AI, xAI, and more, or Vercel AI Gateway, or any OpenAI-compatible server. Each key is stored in the macOS Keychain. Every model shows its price and speed. Cleanup keeps the speaker's words.
- Right-click a jot, then Send to: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and T3 Code open a new chat with the jot in the message box. Nothing is sent until the user presses Send. Antigravity, Windsurf, VS Code, Zed, and Kiro get the prompt copied and the app opened. Command-K lists Send to for each app. Command-Shift-S sends to the app used last.
- `jot mcp` is an MCP server on stdio. Agents can list, search, read, add, finish, archive, and tag jots. There is no delete tool. Setup for Claude Code: `claude mcp add --scope user jot -- /usr/local/bin/jot mcp`. Settings can link `jot` into /usr/local/bin and copy the config for other clients.
- A license covers 1, 3, or 10 Macs activated at the same time. Deactivate frees one seat.

## What it does not do
- It is not a subscription. Every feature works free for 3 days from first launch, then a license is needed.
- It does not upload notes. The audio or text for one request goes to a cloud provider only if the user picks one for transcription or cleanup.
- It never sends a jot to an agent by itself. Send to fills the message box, and the user presses Send.
- It is a macOS app for Intel and Apple silicon Macs (macOS 12 or newer). Parakeet works on both, slower on Intel. There is no Windows or iOS app.
- It does not record a meeting by itself. You speak the line.

## Pages worth reading
- https://sayjot.xyz/#pricing
- https://sayjot.xyz/#faq
- https://sayjot.xyz/changelog