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cyberWriter

Write privately, think clearly

cyberWriter is a Markdown editor for Mac where you can draft documents, connect notes, and use AI, with on-device options for privacy. It suits you if your writing doubles as a personal reference library.

by John Taverna

Buy on Setapp $14.99 on the Mac App Store Sold separately, not in the membership Developer website ↗
Helps you Write articles, books & docs 31 Rewrite & improve text with AI 28 Build a personal knowledge base 14 Write & preview Markdown 23 Make presentations & slides 13

What you get

Turn your notes into finished documents, connected knowledge, and study material.

With cyberWriter, you can write in Markdown, see the formatted result as you type, and deliver a PDF, Word document, or HTML file without setting up command-line tools. Your diagrams and equations carry through to exports, so you can include technical material alongside your prose.

You can start with an existing Markdown vault or build a collection from scratch. Link related notes, follow backlinks, and explore their connections to revisit ideas in context. When a draft needs work, you can ask AI to rewrite, summarize, or explain it using your vault as context. Choose on-device Apple Intelligence or connect a supported provider or local model.

You can also reuse your writing as slides or spaced-repetition flash cards instead of rebuilding it elsewhere. For spoken ideas, you can record, dictate, or transcribe on-device, keeping the audio beside its transcript in your notes.

  • Deliver formatted documents

    You can export PDF, Word, or HTML files with diagrams and equations intact, without configuring extra command-line tools.

  • Reconnect with earlier ideas

    You can follow links and backlinks between notes to recover context and see how your knowledge fits together.

  • Revise with your context

    You can ask AI to work with your vault, choosing on-device Apple Intelligence or a supported provider or local model.

  • Reuse what you've written

    You can turn documents into slides or spaced-repetition flash cards without moving your material into another app.

  • Keep spoken ideas together

    You can capture and transcribe audio on-device, with recordings kept beside their text.

Best for

  • You write Markdown documents that need polished exports
  • You want linked notes with context-aware AI assistance
  • You reuse your notes for presentations or study

Skip it if

You probably don't need it if you only jot occasional short notes and have no use for Markdown, linked documents, or export options.

Screenshots

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From the developer

cyberWriter — Privacy-first Markdown editor for Mac. Write in plain text, watch it render live, and export to PDF, Word, or HTML — no Pandoc, no LaTeX, no terminal spelunking. Your notes live in a vault where they link to each other, so a single doc can quietly grow into a full knowledge base.
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