Your notes
should feel
like paper.
Synapse is a second brain that stays out of your way. Capture quickly, link naturally, and rediscover thoughts months later — as if you’d left a ribbon in the right book.
How I finally stopped
forgetting what I read
For years I highlighted without thinking. Now, every note must answer: what question does this solve?
Synapse resurfaces this next Tuesday, just before my essay deadline. No folders, just meaning.
Software should get
out of your way.
Capture without friction
A single keystroke. No title required. Just think and press enter. A note is a thought, not a document.
Link by meaning
Type [[ and watch ideas braid themselves. No folders, no hierarchy — only associations you actually made.
Remember gently
Synapse resurfaces notes right before you'd forget them. Not aggressively — like a librarian who knows you.
A serif page, not a dashboard.
We obsessed over margins, line-height, and the sound your keyboard doesn't make. Full-screen focus, typewriter scroll, and themes that match your paper.
- Distraction-free · Zen · Typewriter modes
- Cite from PDF with one drag
- Export to beautiful print-ready pages
Today I read Montaigne on memory — he says reading without writing is like sailing without a keel.
“We should not imitate, but metabolize.” → link to [[commonplace book]]?
Writers stay for the quiet.
Selected notes on SynapseI’ve tried every notes app. This is the first one that feels like thinking, not filing.
The daily resurface is eerie. It brings back exactly what I was about to forget.
No gamification, no streaks. Just my words, beautifullySet.