A minimal macOS menu bar app to stash ideas, tasks, questions, and reminders instantly — from anywhere — with a single global hotkey.
Open Stash from anywhere on your Mac
Everything you need to capture thoughts fast, nothing you don't.
Press ⌘⇧Space from any app to instantly open the capture panel. No context switching, no delays.
All notes are saved to a simple local text file, grouped by date. Easy to read, search, and back up.
Reminder items sync directly with macOS Reminders. AI parses natural language to extract dates and times.
Choose from Google, OpenAI, or Anthropic to intelligently parse your reminder text into structured data.
Switch between English (US) and Português (Brasil) at runtime. Built with Apple's native localization.
100% Swift, no Electron, no dependencies. Runs in your menu bar — never in the Dock. Just pure macOS.
Stash stays out of your way until you need it.
Press ⌘⇧Space from any app. The Stash popover appears instantly at the menu bar.
Type your thought, pick a category with ⌘1–4, and hit Enter to save.
Stash saves your entry to a text file (and Reminders, if applicable) and disappears. You're back to work.
Classify your entries instantly with keyboard shortcuts.
Action items to get done
⌘ 1Something to investigate
⌘ 2A target to achieve
⌘ 3Synced with macOS Reminders
⌘ 4Simple, human-readable, and easy to version control.
📅 26/02/2026
🔔 Review PR for project X
📥 Buy coffee beans
❓ How does GraphQL subscriptions work?
📅 25/02/2026
🎯 Complete landing page
📥 Send email to client
🔔 Team standup at 10am
Type how you think. Stash uses AI to parse dates, times, and titles.
Just type your reminder the way you'd say it. Stash sends it to your chosen AI provider and creates a native macOS Reminder complete with title, date, time, and alarm.
API keys are stored securely in macOS Keychain — never in source code or config files.
Start free with open source and upgrade when you need more AI and collaboration features.
Everything in Open Source (Free), plus:
Everything in Pro, plus:
Clone, build, done. No package managers, no config files.
# Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/robsonferreira/stash.git cd stash # Build the app ./build.sh # Install to Applications cp -r Stash.app /Applications/ # Or run directly open Stash.app
Stash is free, open source, and built for people who think faster than they can organize.