Maho Notes

Maho Notes is a markdown-based note-taking app for people who care about their words — and
want to keep them.

Every note is a plain .md file on your device. No proprietary format, no vendor lock-in, no
servers you don't control. Sync through your own iCloud, your own GitHub repo, or keep
notes purely local — your choice.

FREE, NO STRINGS

Maho Notes is completely free. Every feature is included — no subscription, no paywall, no
ads, no account to create. If the app earns a place in your workflow, there's an optional
tip jar in Settings. Tipping unlocks nothing; it just says thanks.

A NOTES APP THAT SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE

Full multilingual support, including search across English, 中文 (Traditional Chinese),
日本語 (Japanese), and 한국어 (Korean) — powered by a CJK-aware tokenizer that actually
understands word boundaries in each language.

Add furigana to Japanese kanji, Zhuyin to Mandarin, Tâi-lô to Taiwanese, or readings to
Korean — all with one simple syntax: {漢字|ふりがな}.

THREE WAYS TO SEARCH

• Keyword search — fast SQLite FTS5 across every note
• Semantic search — on-device vector embeddings find ideas, not just words
• Hybrid — both, fused into one ranked list

Models run entirely on-device. Nothing about your notes leaves your hardware.

WRITTEN IN MARKDOWN, RENDERED BEAUTIFULLY

• Full CommonMark + GitHub Flavored Markdown
• KaTeX math equations
• Mermaid diagrams
• Syntax-highlighted code blocks
• Ruby annotations for any language
• Image and asset embedding
• Tables, task lists, footnotes

ORGANIZE YOUR WAY

Vaults hold collections. Collections hold notes. Drag-and-drop reordering, custom icons and
colors, hierarchical sub-collections, and per-collection ordering — all stored in plain
YAML you can read.

• iCloud — seamless across your Apple devices
• GitHub — version your notes as a private repo, sync through your own account using
GitHub's official Device Flow login (no third-party server in the middle)
• Device-only — keep everything offline

Conflicts get clearly-named files (note.conflict-DeviceName.md), never silent overwrites.

UNIVERSAL APP

One free download covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Optimized layouts for each: a
focus-friendly stack on iPhone, a three-column workspace on iPad and Mac, with the same
vault wherever you are.