Drey

Markdown notes you can find again.

Drey is a Markdown note-taking app with your to-dos and calendar in it.
Type the few words you remember and the note is there.

landlordFlat, MarchThe landlord called

I kept my notes in Notion for years. I wanted them quicker to find, and mine to take with me. So I’m building the notes app I wanted.

Join the waitlist. I’ll email a confirmation link, then write when your spot is ready.

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Web
  • iPhone

Building Drey · [email protected]

Notes Center: find a note from anywhere.

One shortcut opens it over whatever you’re doing. Type a title, or a word from the middle of a page, and the note opens. Try it on a few notes I made up.

Drey’s Notes Center. An empty “Search notes” field sits above a list of notes, each with a small page preview, a title and its first line: “A little reading shelf”, “Fieldwork · spring collection”, “Make yourself at home”, “Today, Tue, Nov 10”, “Collection plan”, “Design review · decisions & next steps” and “Materials & finishes”.

A Markdown note-taking app, so your notes stay yours.

Every note is plain Markdown. Export them and you get a folder of text files, with your images beside them, that any editor can open.

A note holds more than text: a table or a board, a file, a to-do that shows up on your list.

Type [[ to link one note to another, and each note lists the ones that point at it. Type #work anywhere and it’s a tag. Every morning has a daily note waiting.

A cross-platform note-taking app for every screen you own.

Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and iPhone, all on the same notes. Write on two of them at once and Drey keeps both.

Coming from Notion, Evernote or Obsidian? Drop your export in, and your folders, links and images come with it.

P.S. Things people ask me.

One where a note is plain text with a few marks in it: # for a heading, - for a list, [[ for a link. Drey formats it as you type, and the text underneath opens in any editor.

Drey has apps for Mac, Windows and Linux, one for the web and one for iPhone, all signed in to the same notes.

Yes. Drey shows you the two or three steps for each, then you drop the export in. Your folders, links between notes, images and files come with it.

Yes. Export everything and you get a zip of Markdown files with your images and files beside them. A single note exports to Markdown or PDF.

Yes. Give a note its own paper and type, and split a long one into pages. Export it to PDF and it still looks like the note.

I’m letting people in from the waitlist a few at a time. Joining is free, and your invite comes by email.

Write it down, and find it when you need it.

Join the waitlist. I’ll email a confirmation link, then write when your spot is ready.