A quiet place to write
Distraction-free, autosaves as you type, and never leaves your browser.
What is Notepadly?
Notepadly is an online notepad for writing that doesn't ask anything of you first — no sign-up, no folder to pick, no "create new document" dialog. Open the page and there's a cursor waiting. It's built for the kind of writing that needs a blank page more than it needs features: a draft, a list, notes from a call, a paragraph you don't want to lose.
The whole thing runs as a single page in your browser. There's no server behind it, which means there's nothing to sign into, nothing to sync, and nothing that can go down. Everything you see — the editor, the word count, the Markdown renderer — is plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript shipped once and then left alone.
How autosave works
Every keystroke updates an in-memory copy of your note, and a moment later that copy is written to your browser's localStorage — a small storage space the browser sets aside per website, entirely separate from any server. Notepadly also flushes a save immediately when you switch notes, switch browser tabs, or close the page, so a save is never left sitting in a debounce window. The status bar's small ink dot pulses each time a save lands, so you can watch it happen rather than take it on faith.
Because the note lives in your browser, it's still there the next time you open Notepadly on the same browser and device — even without a connection. It won't follow you to a different browser or device, and clearing your browser's site data will clear it too, so treat the download buttons as your backup, not local storage.
Markdown mode, with a live preview
Flip on Markdown from the toolbar and a preview pane opens beside your text, re-rendering on every change. It understands the everyday Markdown syntax — # headings, **bold**, *italic*, `inline code`, fenced code blocks, > blockquotes, lists, links, and horizontal rules — and it does the rendering itself, in about a hundred lines of vanilla JavaScript shipped with the page. No CDN, no third-party library, nothing fetched at render time.
Privacy, by construction
Notepadly can't see what you write, because there's no channel for it to travel through. There's no analytics tracking keystrokes, no "sync to cloud" toggle, and no account to leak. Your notes exist in exactly one place: this browser, on this device, in localStorage. The privacy policy spells this out in full, including what a third-party ad network can and can't see.
Autosave
Writes to your browser on every change — nothing to click, nothing to lose.
Markdown + live preview
A tiny built-in renderer, no external library.
Multiple notes
Named tabs, kept side by side, each remembering its own mode.
Export anytime
Download the current note as plain .txt or .md.
Works offline
No server, no accounts, no network dependency once loaded.
Light & dark
A warm paper theme and a soft dark theme, remembered per device.
Frequently asked questions
Does Notepadly save my notes automatically?
Yes. Every change is written to your browser's local storage within a fraction of a second, and again immediately when you switch tabs, switch notes, or close the page. Come back later — even offline — and your notes are exactly as you left them.
Is anything I type sent to a server?
No. There is no backend, no account, and no sync service. Everything runs in your browser, and your notes stay in that browser's local storage on your device.
What happens if I clear my browser data?
Local storage is tied to your browser profile on this device, so clearing site data, using a private/incognito window, or switching browsers or devices won't carry your notes over. Download anything important as .txt or .md if you need a backup.
Can I keep more than one note?
Yes — use the + tab to start a new one, double-click any tab to rename it, and use the × to delete one. Each note remembers its own content and whether Markdown mode is on.
Does it work offline?
Once the page has loaded, yes — there's nothing external it depends on at runtime, no fonts, scripts, or services to fetch.
