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Raku 楽

A fast, distraction-free note-taking app. No accounts. No cloud. Just write.

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v1.1.1 · About 5 MB · Free and open source

What Raku does

  1. Local first

    Notes, folders and images stay on your computer. No account, no cloud.

  2. Small and fast

    A 5 MB installer. The window appears in under a tenth of a second.

  3. Rich text

    Headings, lists, checklists, quotes, highlights, fonts and colors.

  4. Make it yours

    Light and dark, 8 color palettes, and a page that zooms with Ctrl and scroll.

  5. Clean writing space

    One calm page, just your words. Zen mode and a Pomodoro timer when you need to focus.

Folders · Quick search · Export and backup · Auto-update

Try it. Write something.

A quiet night

This is a real editor. Click anywhere and write. Nothing you write leaves this page.

For tonight

  • Water the sakura

  • Pour some tea

  • Write something here

Nothing you write here is saved or sent anywhere.

5 MB
installer
< 0.1 s
until the window appears
~2 s
until it is ready to type
~170 MB
memory when idle

Measured on a Core Ultra 7 laptop with 32 GB RAM. Measure your own machine.

Start writing in seconds

Download for Windows

v1.1.1 · About 5 MB

Windows may warn about an unsigned app. Click More info, then Run anyway. Details