Your notes, one tap away.
HammerTray is a local-first notes tray for macOS. Tap ⌥ Option and your Apple Notes appear in a grid — capture a thought, clip anything from anywhere, and close it before you lose focus.
Requires macOS 11+. Your notes stay in Apple Notes, on your Mac.
What it does
The tray
Tap ⌥ — your notes appear over any app. Whisper a thought into a card, hit Esc, back to work.
Shortlist
Select text anywhere and tap ⌥ X — it lands in your Shortlist note, hyperlinked to its source. Hold to pick which note it lands in.
Hammer Actions
⌥ A turns any selection into a PDF, Word doc, or text file — saved instantly, named for you.
Hammer AI
Point a note at a project folder. Every save can run your own AI CLI (Claude, Codex, or Gemini) and report back into the note.
Local-first, always
Notes live in Apple Notes. No server in the hot path, nothing waits on the network, and your data is never held hostage.
Hammer Insights
Time saved, clips kept, focus streaks — computed on your Mac, celebrated quietly.
Pricing
Every new account starts with a 30-day full-featured free trial — no card required.
Free
- The tray, with a daily summon allowance
- Shortlist to your default note
- All your data, always yours
Pro
- Unlimited tray summons
- Shortlist destination picker
- Hammer AI project runs
- Priority support
Payments are processed by Paddle, our merchant of record. See purchases & refunds.
Refunds, plainly
If HammerTray Pro isn't for you, email us within 14 days of purchase and we'll refund it — no interrogation. Cancelling stops future renewals immediately; you keep Pro until the period you paid for ends. Your notes are never locked behind a plan: they live in Apple Notes and remain fully yours on the free tier.