A block editor that
gets out of your way.
Write in rich, rearrangeable blocks with the speed of a native app — and never leave plain markdown. Slash commands, drag-and-drop, spreadsheet tables, and links between notes, all over files that are simply yours.
Serious editing,
quiet everywhere else
Every tool a long document needs, tucked away until the moment you reach for it.
Slash commands
Type / to drop in a heading, list, table, callout, code block, or any smart block — without lifting your hands off the keyboard.
Drag any block
Grab the handle in the gutter to reorder blocks and list items, Notion-style. Duplicate, move, and color from the same menu.
Tables that calculate
Real spreadsheet cells with =SUM, =AVG, ranges, and units. Resize, reorder, and summarize columns inline.
Wiki-links & backlinks
Type [[ to link between notes and see everything pointing back at the current one in the backlinks panel.
Find & replace
Highlight every match in the open document with regex, whole-word, and case options — or search the whole vault.
Writing modes
Focus dims everything but the current line, Typewriter keeps your caret centered, and Zen clears the chrome away.
# Product Brief
*Ampersand · v1 launch*
Plain .md files you own. Open them in
twenty years, with or without us.
## Goals
- [x] Define the core thesis
- [ ] Draft the launch note
> Plain files. Real ownership. No lock-in.What you write is
what gets saved
- Standard markdown on disk
- Optional YAML frontmatter
- Works in any synced folder
Build a page from
the pieces you need
Drop in the right block with a slash, then drag it anywhere. From a simple checklist to a live chart or an equation, it all lives in the same document — and it all serializes back to markdown.
- Headings, lists, quotes & task lists
- Toggles and multi-column layouts
- Callouts, code blocks & dividers
- Images with resize and alignment
- File attachments, media & bookmarks
- Math, diagrams, charts & live calc
Toggles & columns
Collapse detail behind a toggle or split the page into columns.
Task lists
Check off work inline; it round-trips as GitHub-style markdown.
Inline affordances
Emoji, @mentions, dates, colored text, and highlights as you type.
Never lose a draft
Every save is versioned, and a crash-safe journal keeps your work.
Good to know
Is it a WYSIWYG editor or do I write raw markdown?
Both, at once. You edit rich blocks — headings, tables, callouts — but everything is saved as plain .md. There is no separate preview pane to toggle; what you see is what the file becomes.
What is the editor built on?
A native macOS app built with Rust and Tauri, with a block editor on top of TipTap and ProseMirror. It opens instantly and stays fast in documents thousands of lines long.
Will my markdown stay clean?
Yes. Ampersand round-trips to standard markdown, using small, documented HTML extensions only where markdown has no native syntax (toggles, columns, colored text). A plain-markdown reader still sees your content.
Can I use it entirely from the keyboard?
Almost entirely. Slash commands insert blocks, a command palette (Cmd+K) runs any action, and every shortcut is remappable. There is a searchable cheat sheet on Cmd+/.
Open a page that is
finally on your side.
The full editor is free forever — not a trial. Download it and write your first block in about two minutes.
Free to start · macOS 13+ · No account required