A private place to write.

  • You open the page and type.
  • It is a local app. Everything you write lives in this browser's own storage, and that is the only copy. There is no server, no account, and nothing is ever sent out.
  • A share link carries the text inside itself. A private link is locked with a seed word that Zen never sees.
  • It works offline and installs as an app.
  • It reads and writes plain text and Markdown.
  • Every command has a key. lists them.
  • Every command is in menu.

The one thing that leaves is a count of visits and commands, through cookie-free Umami. Never the text.

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Made by the Unit team. support@unit.app. Help us improve Zen.

Zen Mono is a build of Iosevka that follows OpenTUI Mono. Sans is Inter. Serif is Lora. Typewriter sounds by juskiddink. Markdown by markdown-it and highlight.js. Seed words from the EFF word list. Inspired by Zenpen. Since 2019.

Keys

Documents
Menu of all commands
Documents
New document
Import a .txt or .md file or drop it on the page
Export as .md or .txt
Share as a link
Print or save as PDF
Switches
Line numbers
Focus mode
Markdown preview
Fullscreen
Text
Font: mono, sans, serif
Size: s, m, l larger, smaller
Cursor: block, thin
Room
Theme
Key sounds: off, soft, click, blip, typewriter
Markdown
Bold
Italic
Link
Code
Lists and quotesEnter continues the list. Enter on an empty item ends it.

The line at the bottom counts words. Select text to count the selection. Click the count to shorten it.

Share this document

Zen puts the text inside the link itself. Nothing is stored anywhere: not on a server, not by Zen. The link is the only copy, and it works for as long as someone keeps it.

It is a snapshot of the text as it is now, not a shared document: later changes, yours or theirs, do not travel.

  • public linkAnyone who has the link can read the text.
  • private linkThe text is locked with a seed word. Send the seed word another way; without it the link is noise.

↑↓ select · enter choose · esc close

Seed word

Four words Zen chose at random. Keep them, or type your own. A short seed is easy to guess.

  • make the linkThe seed word is not kept anywhere. Lost means lost.

enter continue · esc back

  • copy link
  • share link…
  • copy seed word

↑↓ select · enter copy · esc close

This document is private

Enter the seed word you were given.

  • open

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    Type your text. When you return it will still be here.

    It never leaves this browser.

    lists every command.

    menu lists every command.