A text editor you can tell your mom about

Plain text
with benefits

A fast, native scratchpad for Mac. Keep it simple, or dress it up with tools, scripts, and automation.

Plain text. Local first. Just works.

Jort editor showing notes, landmarks, and inline tools
Emoji landmarks replacing line numbers in the Jort editor

01 / Find your place

Landmarks to guide you.

Give important lines a visual marker, then scan and jump through your notes without breaking your train of thought.

A custom JavaScript tool running inline inside Jort

02 / Make it yours

Tools where you write.

Turn your text into something powerful. Use JavaScript, AI assistants, and transform text directly in the document with no context switching.

Jort version history showing changes and restorable snapshots

03 / Never lose a thought

Every change,
right where you left it.

Browse the history of your document, inspect exactly what changed, and return to an earlier snapshot whenever you need it.

Your files belong to you

Plain text stays
plain text.

No account maze. No proprietary workspace. Just text in an editor, even if you're a power user.

Notes, but a little risque.

Jort is a native Mac text editor for people who think in text, move quick, and have a taste for something more.

Download for macOS