Lava A little app for your Mac.

LESS FRICTION. MORE FLOW.

Your scratch paper,
one click away.

A tiny menu bar app for passing thoughts.
Pick a Markdown or text file. Jot something down.
Get back to what you were doing.

For macOS 14+ Currently in development
Orange lava.
Make yourself at home. Tap for a new color.
A LITTLE SPACE TO THINK
Lava’s light appearance: a simple Scratchpad window with a plain-text note, a short to-do list, and pin and settings controls.
Room for a thought.
Then back to your day.⌃⌘Lto bring it back
The actual app, with a few example thoughts.

One file. Yours.

Use any Markdown or text file, including a note in your Obsidian vault. Lava writes straight to it.

Always within reach.

Open it from the menu bar or with a keyboard shortcut. Pin it when you want to keep it around.

Quietly taken care of.

Your edits save automatically. No account, no plugin, no new place to organize your life.