Draftie

One evening while researching online, I realized something painfully simple: I just wanted a quick place to jot down a thought—a quote, a code snippet, an idea—but every tool I reached for felt heavy. Google Docs wanted me to sign in. Notion took ages to load. Even online notepad tools buried me under clutter, ads, or multiple clicks before I could type a single word.

That friction made me pause. Why isn’t there a space online that behaves like Notepad on your desktop—instant, distraction-free, and private? I wanted a tool that opened in a second, remembered my words, and didn’t ask who I was. Something that felt personal yet universal—a true digital scratchpad for the web.

That’s how Draftie was born. A lightweight, minimal online notepad that opens instantly when you visit draftie.xyz. There’s no account, no setup, no waiting—you just start typing. Notes can be saved directly in your browser for next time, or downloaded to your device to carry anywhere. It’s privacy-first, built to work offline, and designed with the same calm simplicity you’d expect from a native desktop app.

Under the hood, Draftie uses modern web technologies like Next.js, IndexedDB, and File APIs to create a seamless local-first writing experience. Everything happens on your device—no servers, no data tracking, no delays.

What started as a small frustration turned into a philosophy: writing tools shouldn’t slow you down—they should disappear when you need to think. Draftie does exactly that: open, type, save, done.