The project's README from github.com/Awaker-OTE/WakeGPT. As one markdown file: README.md.
Capture it now. Keep it growing in your own workspace.
A local-first desktop scratchpad for turning text, Markdown, links, and images into durable workspace notes.
Capture → Keep in Markdown → Reuse in ChatGPT
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v0.1.1 release · Verified on Apple silicon macOS · Not notarized by Apple
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Write a quick entry, choose a workspace and notebook, and WakeGPT can keep appending it to your Markdown file. You do not need to organize folders, open an editor, or leave the task at hand. Capture the thought first and refine it later.
WakeGPT is useful when you want to:
.md file in a workspace, then append new entries automatically.| Surface | Best for |
|---|---|
| WakeGPT desktop app | Managing workspaces, notebooks, history, and settings in one place. |
| macOS menu bar | Opening a lightweight capture panel without leaving your current work. |
| ChatGPT side card | Taking notes beside a conversation, switching notebooks, and placing selected entries into the ChatGPT composer. |
The desktop app and quick panels keep their own current notebook and draft. Switching in one surface does not unexpectedly move another surface away from what you were viewing.
WakeGPT manages only clearly marked quick-note regions in a Markdown file. The rest of the document remains yours to edit with any tool.
WakeGPT is open source and currently available as a macOS prototype. The v0.1.1 macOS release is available now.
v0.1.1 is a full GitHub Release for macOS only.Download v0.1.1 only from its official GitHub Release and compare its SHA-256 value with the included SHA256SUMS.txt. After trying to open WakeGPT once, macOS may require you to open System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway. See Apple's instructions for opening an app from an unknown developer. WakeGPT does not ask users to disable Gatekeeper or remove quarantine attributes with xattr.
You will need Node.js, npm, Rustup, and the Tauri 2 system prerequisites.
git clone https://github.com/Awaker-OTE/WakeGPT.git
cd WakeGPT/apps/desktop
npm ci
npm test
npm run tauri build
For a macOS Universal build:
rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin x86_64-apple-darwin
npm run release:macos-universal
Source builds remain development or local-verification artifacts. The downloadable v0.1.1 package is also unnotarized, but it was produced through WakeGPT's release checks and is published with checksums and supply-chain records.
Report security issues privately as described in SECURITY.md. Do not put vulnerability details, account information, or real user data in a public issue.
Bug reports, feature proposals, documentation improvements, and code contributions are welcome. Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before starting.
If WakeGPT helps you keep useful ideas from getting lost, consider starring the repository so you can follow future releases.
WakeGPT is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, with Copyright 2026 WakeGPT Contributors. Third-party components retain their own licenses; provenance and license summaries are listed in NOTICE.md.
WakeGPT is an independently designed and implemented open-source project. It is not an official OpenAI, ChatGPT, or Codex product, and no endorsement or compatibility guarantee is implied.