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QuinSlate
Five slates. One keystroke.·quinslate.com
QuinSlate is a Windows tray app offering five fixed plain-text scratchpads accessible via a global hotkey. It stores all notes locally as .txt files with no account, server, or cloud sync required. It includes a global hotkey toggle, a tray hover peek of all buffers, an inline calculator, and quick capture of the current text selection from any app.
What it's for
Quickly capturing a thought without opening or naming a fileKeeping separate running lists (work, life, etc.) in distinct slatesDoing quick inline math calculations while workingPasting/capturing selected text from any application into a slate
Features 10
- Five fixed plain-text scratchpads in a floating overlay
- Global hotkey toggle (Ctrl+Shift+Q)
- Inline calculator — type = to evaluate
- Lives in the system tray, accessible via hotkey or tray icon click
- Local-only storage as .txt files, no cloud, no account
- No account setup or configuration required
- Not a background service — not running when not in use
- Open source (MIT license), source code publicly available
- Quick Capture of the current selection from any app
- Tray hover peek of all five buffers
At a glance
free tieropen source
TypeDesktop app
DeploymentInstalled (local)
PlatformsWindows
CompanyQuinSlate
Pricing
Product is entirely free with no tiers, license keys, or trial; also open source (MIT license).
FreeFree
Open source under MIT license; entirely free with no paid tiers.
Five fixed scratchpads, no tiers, no license keys, no trial