Crane 1.0 · macOS

Don’t switch apps for a sentence in your head.

⌘⇧Space, type, ↵ — back in your editor in about two seconds.

2s to capture
No Dock · no Cmd-Tab

ContentView.swift — Xcode 26

// out of the way.
struct DropInputBar: View {
  var body: some View {
    TextField("Drop your thought…", text: $text)
      .onSubmit { save() }
  }
}

LINK ↵ save ⌘L link ⌘H history

Search drops 14 drops

✎Email Maya about Friday — try the late slotnow
↗linear.app/issue/CRN-2042m
✎Tag system for crane — mlx locally?11m
✎Borderless NSPanel notes from Jay38m
↗developer.apple.com/.../liquid-glass1h
✎Re-read typography before Monday2h

The idea

A holding pen, not a notes app.

Catch the thought without leaving your app. Skim the list later — act on it or discard.

Shortcuts

Eight chords.

Where	Combo	Action
Anywhere	`⌘⇧Space`	Toggle capture pill
Capture	`↵`	Save & dismiss
Capture	`⌘L`	Link mode
Capture	`⌘H`	History
Capture	`Esc`	Dismiss
History	`⌫`	Delete row
History	`Esc`	Back to capture
Menu bar	`⌘Q`	Quit

Menu-bar dashboard — same drops as the pill.

Cranemenu bar

TOTAL412

TODAY8

STREAK23d

Activity14 days

Type

thoughts 280 links 132

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✎Email Maya about Fridaynow
↗linear.app/CRN-2042m
✎Tag system (mlx)11m