Notepad

Features

• Autosaves as you type, no save button
• Multiple named notes
• Full-screen focus mode
• Live word and character count
• Export any note as a text file

How to use it

1. Start typing, the note saves itself.
2. Use New note to start another.
3. Switch between notes with the dropdown.
4. Download anything you want to keep permanently.

Autosave, and the limits of browser storage

Typing triggers a debounced save half a second after you stop, rather than on every keystroke, writing to localStorage is synchronous and blocks the main thread, so saving on every character would make typing feel sluggish in a long note. The note also saves when you switch away from the tab or close it, which covers the case where you type and immediately navigate away.

localStorage gives roughly 5 to 10 MB per origin depending on the browser, which is a great deal of plain text, several hundred thousand words. You are far more likely to lose notes to clearing browser data than to hitting the limit. Private browsing windows are the main hazard: they discard storage entirely when the last window closes, usually without warning.

The honest framing is that this is a scratchpad, not a notes application. It is genuinely good for the thing it is for, somewhere to paste text, draft a message, or think something through without opening an app or creating an account. For anything you would be upset to lose, download it or paste it somewhere durable. The export button exists precisely because this storage is convenient rather than reliable.