Spotlight for notes
One window on ⌥+Space. No folders, no tags – type, save, find.
Learn morev1.0.0 · Free, Private, and will stay that way
Get to the gist.
Minimal Spotlight-like center for notes and clipboard on macOS.
Summon from anywhere:⌥Space
Input fieldType to search. ⏎ saves the input as a note, ⌘⏎ asks AI about it.FiltersTime range (⌘T) and content type (⌘F): notes, clips, images, chats, favorites.StreamEverything you copy, capture, and write – newest first, grouped by day.Actions⌘K opens the Action Menu: summarize, copy, favorite, share, export.Stream – everything you copy, capture, and write. Newest first.
Clipboard, captured
Clipboard history, screenshots with OCR, and files, all in one list.
Learn moreAI summarization
⌘Y summarizes any element. 12+ providers, cloud or fully local.
Learn moreTopics, not folders
Local embeddings group notes and clips by theme. No manual filing.
Learn moreSearch by meaning
On-device semantic search finds the idea, not just the keyword.
Learn moreClip the web
Browser extensions for Safari and Chrome save any page as a Markdown note.
Learn moreFor developers, writers, and anyone who lives in their keyboard. Gisti fits between your terminal and browser, a scratchpad that's always a key away.
Search that gets it
Type the idea. Gisti finds it.
Every note, clip, chat, and screenshot is embedded on-device by a local AI model. Search "deploy checklist" and surface a note titled "release steps" that never once says "deploy".
- 100% on-device: runs on your Mac's own GPU via Apple's MLX. No API key, no cloud embeddings, nothing sent anywhere.
- Screenshots are searchable: by the text Vision reads off them, not just a filename.
- Hybrid ranking: exact, typo-tolerant, and semantic matches fused into one ranked list, so precise hits and "the general idea" both surface.
Everything stays on your Mac.
Local SwiftData database. API keys in Keychain. Zero telemetry. AI is optional, and can run entirely on your machine.
Keyboard first
Two keys to remember.
| Open / close Gisti | ⌥Space |
| Screenshot region with OCR | ⇧⌘X |