Secto
Note-taking app and browser extensionSecto started as a tool for myself. I wanted to take notes while I worked in a browser, mostly while watching videos, without leaving the page. So I built a note app that stays out of the way, and a browser extension that keeps it one click away.
The problem
It started with a small, specific annoyance. I would be watching a video and want to note down a thought or a timestamp, but every note app pulled me off the page into folders and menus. By the time it was open, the moment was gone. I wanted to write without leaving what I was doing.
The solution
The first version had folders, tags, the usual. I cut it down to a title and a page. Every feature had to pass one question: does this keep it simple? Most did not. What was left opens fast: see your notes, start writing. Closer to a notebook than to software.
Editor
A note is just a title and a page. You write, everything else gets out of the way. A simple side menu keeps every note in one place, one click away.
Hub
One shortcut, ⌘K, jumps to any note or runs a command without reaching for the mouse.
Settings
One screen. Account, password, theme, text size. Nothing buried in menus.
Text to note
Type or paste a thought and Secto turns it into a clean note, picking a title and an icon for you. No naming, no filing, just write.
The extension
The extension keeps Secto next to whatever I am doing. While watching a YouTube video, the drops the current playback time straight into my note, so I can jump back to the exact moment later.
The story
Secto began as a tool I made for myself, then kept shaping until it felt right. I designed it and took it all the way to live, on my own, from the first idea to what it is today.
I shaped it live, shipping rough and improving it as I used it. It is live at secto.me, I use it every day, and you can too. It stays small on purpose, and that is the point.