Keep Simple Simple

Focused utilities that stay out of your way.

Small apps that do one thing well. Notes that disappear after you've taken them, ratings that take seconds, timers that keep you moving, and paper to jot things down.

Plainwork System 4 micro apps

Paper keeps ideas disposable.

Rated captures a moment in seconds.

Taken keeps notebooks out of your way.

Timed keeps you on track.

Built for the macOS menu bar and terminal

Paper

Less features than the real thing.

Install Docs Support

Rated

Ratings with a running average.

Install Docs Support

Taken

Notebooks that stay out of your way.

Install Docs Support

Timed

Simple, like an egg timer.

Install Docs Support

No AI

No prompts. No models. No noise.

AI is way too busy to get involved here.

Built for focus

Install plus one security step.

Customize

Homebrew

Install

brew install --cask
            plainwork/paper/paper

To keep these apps free, we don't use an Apple Developer account, so macOS may quarantine them. Run this once after install:

Gatekeeper


            xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Paper.app

Pricing

Free forever.

No trials. No keys. Just install and use.

All updates included

No accounts required

Everything you need, nothing you don't.

No accounts, no dashboards, no subscriptions. Just tiny, durable tools that stay out of your way.

macOS only