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Install Nota

Nota is free and open source. Every release is built from the code on GitHub and published on the releases page.

Pick your download

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System File
macOS 13 or later, Apple Silicon (M1 and later) Nota-<version>-arm64.dmg
macOS 13 or later, Intel Nota-<version>-x86_64.dmg
Windows 10 / 11, most PCs Nota-Setup-<version>-x64.exe
Windows 11 on ARM Nota-Setup-<version>-arm64.exe
Linux, most PCs Nota-<version>-x86_64.AppImage
Linux on ARM Nota-<version>-aarch64.AppImage

Not sure which Mac you have? Open the Apple menu ▸ About This Mac: “Apple M…” means Apple Silicon, “Intel” means Intel.

Install and open

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Nota isn’t signed with a paid Apple or Microsoft certificate yet, so the first time you open it your system asks you to confirm. This happens once.

  1. Open the downloaded .dmg and drag Nota into Applications.

  2. Open Nota from Applications. macOS stops it with “Nota” Not Opened (older versions: “Nota” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it). Click Done — not Move to Trash.

  3. Open System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security and scroll down to Security. Next to “Nota” was blocked to protect your Mac, click Open Anyway, confirm with your password or Touch ID, then click Open Anyway once more.

From now on Nota opens like any other app.

Updates

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Nota checks for new versions itself. When one is out, the start window shows a banner — click Update, and Nota downloads it, checks it against the release’s checksum, and installs it when you click Restart now (or the next time you quit). After an update, What’s New shows what changed.

What’s next

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