Notational Velocity
Notetaking computer program for Mac OS X
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Notational Velocity is a computer program for Mac OS X used for notetaking. It allows users to create notes using solely a computer keyboard and search them using incremental find. Other features include database encryption, basic text formatting, tags and spellcheck.[2] In addition, users can synchronize notes with Simplenote and export to a variety of formats, including plain text, HTML and rich text. It has been recommended along with Simplenote as a solution for taking and syncing notes by both Wired and Lifehacker.[2][3]
| Notational Velocity | |
|---|---|
Notational velocity main window | |
| Developer | Zachary Schneirov |
| Stable release | 2.5.2[1]
/ 17 October 2026 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Notetaking software |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | notational |
| Repository | |
After an extended hiatus,[4] version 2.5.2 was released in October 2026 with support for macOS Tahoe and newer.[1]
In 2013, Elastic Threads (David Halter) and Brett Terpstra created a fork of Notational Velocity with added functionality called nvALT. nvALT was last updated in October 2026, with features ported from the most recent Notational Velocity release.[5]