FastMemos

A lightweight macOS menubar app for quickly capturing notes to your self-hosted Memos instance.

Features

• 🎯 Lives in your menubar - Always accessible, never in the way
• ⌨️ Global shortcut - Press ⌘⇧M anywhere to capture a thought (configurable)
• ⚡ Instant sync - ⌘Enter to push notes to your Memos server
• 🔐 Secure - Credentials stored in macOS Keychain
• 📊 Word count - Real-time character and word count
• 🔒 Visibility control - Set default visibility + override per memo

Requirements

• macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later
• A self-hosted Memos instance

Installation

Download

Download the latest .dmg from Releases.

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/pawelorzech/FastMemos.git
cd FastMemos
open FastMemos.xcodeproj
# Build with Xcode (⌘B)

Setup

1. Launch FastMemos - look for the icon in your menubar
2. Click the icon and go to Settings
3. Enter your Memos server URL (e.g., https://memos.yourdomain.com)
4. Log in with your Memos username and password
5. Configure your preferred default visibility
6. Customize the global shortcut if desired

Usage

Action	Shortcut
Open note window	⌘⇧M (default, configurable)
Submit note	⌘Enter
Close without saving	Escape

Privacy

• Your credentials are stored securely in macOS Keychain
• Notes are sent directly to YOUR server - no third parties
• No analytics, no tracking, no telemetry

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Feedback

Found a bug or have a feature request?

• Open an issue
• Email: pawel@orzech.me

License

MIT License © Paweł Orzech

Acknowledgments

• Memos - The amazing self-hosted note-taking service
• HotKey - Global keyboard shortcuts for macOS