Features
Everything your notes need. And the maths.
Varlig is a Markdown notebook for Mac with a calculator built into the page. Here’s what it can do, from the first heading to the final total.
Writing
Plain Markdown, neatly styled.
Type the way you already do. Varlig tucks the symbols away as you write, so notes read beautifully and stay portable plain text.
- Headings, bold, highlights in five colours, callouts and footnotes
- Checklists that gather in the Todo section until they’re done
- Tables you edit like a grid, and code with syntax colours
- TeX formulas and Mermaid diagrams, drawn right on your Mac
- Pictures, PDFs, audio and video, with the text in pictures and PDFs searchable
Calculations
A calculator that reads your notes.
Add a calc block anywhere and write sums the way you’d say them. Every answer appears beside its line, and updates the moment a number changes.
- Percentages, units, dates, times and time zones
- Currencies and crypto, with exchange rates that refresh on their own
- Name a value once and use it through the rest of the note
- A floating total, average, median or count of the lines you choose
- Click any answer to copy it
Organise and find
No folders. Nothing gets lost.
Tags, links and search keep a growing notebook easy to move around, however many notes it holds.
- Nested tags like #work/clients, with icons, pins and workspaces
- Links between notes and straight to headings, with backlinks
- Quick Open (⌘O) jumps to any note, tag or section
- Search filters such as @todo, @images and @date
- Todo, Today, Pinned and Locked sections that fill themselves
Privacy
Your notes stay yours.
Varlig keeps your library on your Mac. There’s no account to create, and nothing you write is sent to a server.
- Give any note a password, and its text and attachments are encrypted with AES
- Unlock with Touch ID or your Mac password
- Lock the whole app, or ask for authentication every time it opens
- Unlocked notes lock again when you step away
- Works offline, and goes online only for things like exchange rates
And more
The details that make it a daily habit.
- Import from Bear and SoulverBring a library across in one step, or import Evernote, Drafts, Day One, Word and Markdown files.
- Export anywhereMarkdown, PDF, Word, HTML, EPUB and more, with answers included in formatted exports.
- Backups you controlBack up your whole library to a folder you choose, and restore it on another Mac.
- Themes and typographyLight, Night, Paper, Forest and Rose, with your choice of fonts, size and line width.
- Twenty app iconsThe Classic cat, fifteen colours and four special editions for your Dock.
- Keyboard firstA shortcut for nearly everything, plus two that open Varlig or start a note from any app.
- Long notes, made easyA table of contents, foldable sections, word count and note statistics.
- Link cardsShow a web link as a card with its title and picture, which still displays offline.
- Web clipperSave a web page’s article as a note, ready to highlight and annotate.
- SketchesDraw a quick diagram or doodle without leaving the note.
- Notes in their own windowsOpen a note in a separate window to keep it beside another.
- A tour that teaches by doingSave the Picnic walks you through Varlig with practice notes, and you can replay it any time.