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Hibiscus
Hibiscus for macOS

The private AI notepad for Mac.Speak, paste, or type — messy thoughts become clean, organized Markdown you own.Use AI on-device, on your own key, or on your own local models.

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A Smarter Writing Companion

Your AI Note Assistant.More personal.More powerful.

The easiest way to get beautiful, shareable meeting notes.

No account required

Begin with a blank page, not a registration form.

Every note is Markdown

Open, portable, and losslessly exportable.

Local by choice

Run dictation and AI directly on your Mac.

Shortcuts

Set custom shortcuts to launch, dictate and control.

Multi-engine dictation

Speak directly into a note with local, offline, multilingual, or connected transcription engines.

Easy to enter. Easy to leave.

Import familiar document formats and export Markdown or a complete restorable backup.

Custom pipelines

Chain repeatable transformations from rough input to polished, structured output.

A workspace that grows

Organize notes with Spaces, Projects, Folders, Tags, pins, multi-select, and recoverable archive.

Quick Capture

Do not searchfor an app when anidea arrives.

Press ⇧⌘U anywhere on your Mac. Type, dictate, and hit Return.Your thought becomes an editable note without interrupting your flow.

⇧+⌘+U

Markdown-Native Editor

Powerfully simple MarkdownBeautiful to use.Open by design.

Headings, tasks, tables, links, code, and highlights behave like a polished native editor while every note remains Markdown underneath.

This note is a playground—everything below is live.
Click anywhere and edit it.

⌘ ⇧ O

Pop the note out into
its own window

Everything in One Place

A complete writing environment.Built for your Mac. Ready for what’s next.

Capture, organization, research, privacy, and recovery live in one coherent Mac-native system.Mobile apps and MCP integrations are already in development.

Multi-Engine Dictation

Speak directly into a note with local, offline, multilingual, or connected transcription engines.

Audio-File Transcription

Drop in a recording and turn it into an editable, searchable transcript on your Mac.

Selection-Anchored Editing

Replace the exact passage you selected—even after the visible selection has disappeared.

AI Edit History

Compare every pre-AI version and restore it now or weeks later. Restores are reversible, too.

Document Transformation

Turn PDF, Word, RTF, Markdown, or text into clean notes, outlines, tasks, or study guides.

Research with Citations

Ask across your library and keep every source note one click away from the answer.

Task Extraction

Find actionable items inside a note, review them, and route each one to the right project.

Custom Pipelines

Chain repeatable transformations from rough input to polished, structured output.

Images, Files, and Media

Keep source material in the thought with resizable images, Quick Look, and original attachments.

A Workspace That Grows

Organize notes with Spaces, Projects, Folders, Tags, pins, multi-select, and recoverable archive.

Search and Navigation

Search titles, bodies, and #tags, then move through long notes without leaving the keyboard.

Private Writing Activity

See how much you wrote—not what you wrote—with local-only aggregate activity totals.

Locked Notes

Protect sensitive notes with a password or Touch ID and hide their contents from the assistant.

Verified Backups

Create and verify full snapshots before updates, migrations, or manual recovery.

Easy to Enter. Easy to Leave.

Import familiar document formats and export Markdown or a complete restorable backup.

Themes That Stay Readable

Personalize the writing environment while preserving contrast, hierarchy, and editor clarity.

Native Performance

A responsive SwiftUI writing environment designed for keyboard, VoiceOver, and reduced motion.

Updates and Support

A clear update path, recoverable migrations, and help that never stands between you and your notes.

Coming Soon

Mobile Apps

A native mobile experience is in development, bringing your notes and capture flow with you wherever you think.

Coming Soon

MCP Integrations

Connect Hibiscus to compatible tools and services through MCP while keeping every action visible and intentional.

Pricing

Think here. Use it everywhere.Your notes and AIalways within reach.

Hibiscus keeps your editor, menu bar, notes, and AI workflows perfectly in sync—so you can capture ideas, transform text, and get things done without breaking your flow.

Pro Founder License

Founding member offer

$49
$79 regular price

Early pricing for our first users. Get the complete Hibiscus experience, a perpetual Mac license, and every product update released during your first year.

Try Hibiscus Free for 7 Days

Everything you need to think and create faster

  • Perpetual Hibiscus for Mac license
  • One full year of product updates
  • One full year of customer support
  • Use your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or compatible API keys*

Optional Update Pass — $39/year

  • Receive every new feature and improvement for another 12 months
  • Cancel or skip whenever you like
  • Your existing version never expires

Lifetime Updates

Buy once. Stay up to date for life.

$239
Best long-term value

For users who want to make Hibiscus a permanent part of their workflow and never think about renewals, update passes, or upgrade pricing again.

Pay once · Receive updates for life · Never pay an upgrade fee

Everything in the Founder License, plus

  • Every future Hibiscus feature and improvement
  • All major version upgrades
  • Lifetime access to supported integrations
  • Lifetime compatibility improvements
  • No annual Update Pass required
  • No future upgrade fees
  • Priority access to selected beta features*
  • Lifetime supporter badge*
  • Direct influence on the product roadmap*
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Available Now

Use AI on-device, on your own key,
or on your own local models.

Download Hibiscus for Mac

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.