Markdown with a live view
Use familiar formatting tools while source and preview stay side by side. Supported fenced code is colourised safely in the preview.
Local Windows notebook
Your notes, connected.
Write in Markdown, organise with folders and colour-coded tags, then explore the links between your ideas. JotaTron keeps your notebook in a local database you control.
Open video separately
One local databaseNotes, tags, folders, images and settings
Live Markdown previewWrite source and see the result together
Visual Tag MapFollow subjects across your notebook
Built for WindowsA focused native desktop application
A useful place to think
Structure when you need it. Space when you don’t.
JotaTron gives long-running projects, research and personal interests one dependable home without turning note-taking into another online service.
Folders and direct tags
Build a nested hierarchy, move items by drag and drop, and connect related notes with tags that retain their own colours.
See connections
Focus the Tag Map on a subject, arrange its linked notes and folders, hide distractions and save useful views.
Search the notebook
Combine note-content search with tag filters, open results in context and step through highlighted matches.
Optional encryption
Choose SQLCipher encryption when creating a notebook and lock the visible workspace whenever you step away.
Offline dictation
Install the optional Whisper model, choose a microphone and insert recognised English speech at the Markdown caret.
Tag Map
Take another route through your notebook.
Folders are excellent for placing information. Tags are useful when one idea belongs to several subjects. Tag Map turns those assignments into a navigable visual workspace linked to the main editor.
Local by design
Your notebook stays on your computer.
JotaTron does not require an online account or hosted notebook service. Choose where the database and its backups live. Optional encryption protects stored notebook content while the file is closed.
Dictation is also local after its model has been explicitly downloaded. External web links open only when you choose them.
Try it with a real notebook
Start with the Studio & Workshop sample.
The synthetic sample includes 75 substantial notes, 43 folders, 63 colour-coded tags and embedded diagrams. Use it to explore JotaTron without adding your own data first.