Getting started

Sidekick Note is a fast, private Markdown notepad. It runs as a web app at app.sidekicknote.com and as a Chrome extension that opens beside the page you are on. Both use the same account and the same notes.

1. Sign in with IDUnify

1. Open app.sidekicknote.com and click Sign in with IDUnify.
2. Sign in (or create a free account) on the IDUnify page. IDUnify is the account you sign in with — it knows your name and e-mail, never your notes.
3. You come back to Sidekick Note, signed in. On a computer you have used before, you are signed in quietly.

2. Retro or Clean?

The first time, Sidekick Note asks how it should look. Clean (pre-selected) uses Modern Light or Dark and follows your system. Retro starts in Hercules green, the 1980s green-screen look. Click either to preview it, then Continue. You can change it any time — there are nine themes (see Themes & layout).

3. Write your first note

1. Click ＋ New at the top of the Note list (or press ⌥NAltN).
2. Type. The first line becomes the title — start it with # for a heading, like # Shopping list.
3. That's it: every change is saved on your device at once, and sent to the cloud a minute after you stop typing. To send it right away, click Save now in the Status bar (⌘SCtrlS).

4. Web app or Chrome extension?

The extension is in a private beta — see Chrome extension.

What next?

• Tour of the screen — the name of every part of the screen.
• Writing in Markdown — headings, lists, tables, tasks and more.
• Keyboard shortcuts — or press ⌘/Ctrl/ in the app.
• Templates — start a note from a ready-made template (daily note, meeting, trip plan…) or insert a ready-filled card; save your own.
• Widgets: cards in your notes — notes with working cards: a recipe you can scale, checklists, bill splitting, a unit converter, charts.