Just capture. Nothing else.
InboxApp is a hyper-minimal macOS inbox for fleeting thoughts. Capture fast, process later. One surface, zero friction.
- Capture thought
- Another idea
- Move later
Local files at ~/.inboxapp
Why Inbox
- Capture in under a second without derailing focus.
- One surface, no tabs, no navigation, no decisions.
- Raw Markdown saved locally in
~/.inboxapp. - No AI, no tags, no organization -- just capture.
Open
Cursor lands at the end of today's file.
Type
Append-only Markdown with near-zero UI friction.
Process
Move items elsewhere until the count hits zero.
Demo
See the one-surface workflow in under two minutes.
Download the alpha
Developer-only for now. Packaged installer coming later. Feedback welcome.
Why not just use X?
Why not just use another tool like Obsidian, Notion, or Todoist?
Inbox is intentionally a dumb, frictionless capture layer. Those tools are great once you are ready to organize, but they invite context switching and backlog browsing. Inbox keeps a blank sheet and drops everything into plain Markdown, so you can move it into your main system when you are ready.