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Fast, keyboard-driven note-taking app for macOS — a modern rebuild of nvALT in Swift/SwiftUI.

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NvEnvy – A Notational Velocity (NvAlt) Reboot in Swift. OSS

by hank2000·May 29, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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Modern Swift rebuild for nvALT refugees when the original went abandonware.

Strengths
  • •One-click nvALT migration with OpenMeta tag preservation is genuinely useful
  • •Plain .md files with iCloud sync means notes work in Obsidian too
  • •Full AppleScript and URL scheme support for power user automation
Weaknesses
  • •Author admits it's vibe-coded and unpolished—missing markdown rendering currently
  • •Obsidian already does this with more features and active development
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Legacy nvALT users, macOS note-taking enthusiasts

Similar To

nvALT · Obsidian · Bear

Post Description

I'm a long time user of Notational Velocity and then nvAlt, and tried nvUltra recently but in the world of Claude it felt like I should own my own——change behaviors as I need them.

Right now it's just a Mac app, but iOS coming in the future for myself, sync with icloud. Notes are saves as .md files and have quick search. You can open the same folder with Obsidian if that's your jam (Obsidian always felt slow and clunky to me, I know folks love it though, so keeping it compatible).

The app is very simple, just plain text. We don't even render markdown right now, though it's coming.

Definitely vibe coded. Definitely will need some updates, but share it before it's polished.... PRs appreciated.

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