Use cases.

How Paperkites fits the way you already work: plain markdown files on your Mac, a capture box that's always ready, and links, tags and todos that find their own way back to you.

1. 1 November 2026A Zettelkasten in plain markdown files on your MacPractise Zettelkasten in plain markdown on your Mac: fleeting notes as fragments, atomic notes joined by wiki links, and backlinks with their context.
2. 1 November 2026A private journal in plain markdown on your MacKeep a private journal in plain markdown files on your Mac, with daily entries, quick fragments for passing thoughts and locked notes for the rest.
3. 1 November 2026A recipe collection in plain markdown on your MacKeep your recipes as plain markdown files on your Mac, with ingredient tables, photos of the dish, tags by cuisine and season, and a shopping list.
4. 1 November 2026A research notebook in plain markdown for your PhD on a MacA markdown research notebook for humanities and social science PhDs on the Mac: source notes, quotes with page numbers, archive images, linked chapters.
5. 1 November 2026Book notes in plain markdown: quotes, ideas and a reading listKeep book notes in plain markdown on your Mac: a note per book with quotes and thoughts, themes as tags, linked ideas and a reading list as todos.
6. 1 November 2026Client notes for freelancers, kept in markdown on your MacA simple system for freelancer client notes on your Mac: a folder and tag per client, call notes, deliverable todos and private details, all in markdown.
7. 1 November 2026Design research notes with images, in markdown on your MacKeep design research and inspiration as image-rich markdown notes on your Mac: screenshots side by side, captions, critique notes linked to each project.
8. 1 November 2026Developer notes in plain markdown, kept in git on your MacKeep runbooks, debugging logs and design notes as plain markdown files in a git repo on your Mac, with vim keys, wiki links and fast search.
9. 1 November 2026Engineering notes with LaTeX math and diagrams on your MacFor engineering students who want LaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams and problem-set todos in plain markdown notes on a Mac, linked across every module.
10. 1 November 2026Getting Things Done with markdown notes and todos on a MacRun Getting Things Done in markdown notes on your Mac: a capture inbox, todos in any note, one list of what's due and a weekly review that sticks.
11. 1 November 2026Journalist interview notes on your Mac, by source and storyKeep interview notes per source, link sources to stories and find any quote again in seconds, in plain markdown files on your Mac with no account.
12. 1 November 2026Language learning notes in plain markdown on your MacKeep language learning notes as plain markdown on your Mac: vocabulary tables, grammar notes linked from real sentences, and a daily note you can search.
13. 1 November 2026Law school case briefs in markdown, linked to doctrinesWrite law school case briefs as plain markdown notes on your Mac, link each case to its doctrines and statutes, and build outlines from backlinks.
14. 1 November 2026Lesson plans in markdown for secondary school teachersKeep lesson plans in markdown on your Mac, linked to resources and assessments, with timing tables, photos of board work and a to-do list for marking.
15. 1 November 2026Medical school notes in plain markdown on your MacA way to keep medical school notes on your Mac as linked markdown files: lectures by system, drugs tied to mechanisms, images, tables and revision todos.
16. 1 November 2026Novel worldbuilding notes in markdown, linked like a wikiA novelist's worldbuilding wiki in plain markdown on your Mac: characters, places and timeline notes joined by wiki links, plus a quiet mode for drafting.
17. 1 November 2026One-on-one meeting notes for managers, in markdown on a MacHow engineering and team managers can keep one-on-one meeting notes on a Mac: a note per meeting, a page per report, follow-ups and private feedback.
18. 1 November 2026Open your Obsidian vault in a calm, keyboard-first Mac appOpen an existing Obsidian vault in Paperkites, a keyboard-first Mac app for the same markdown files, with links, embeds and callouts kept as they are.
19. 1 November 2026Product manager notes on a Mac, in plain markdownMeeting notes, a decision log, specs with Mermaid flows and customer feedback, linked together as plain markdown product manager notes on your Mac.