01
Open cowyo
Opening cowyo will give you a URL and text area to start writing. No workspace, invite flow, or login.
Everything you write will persist for years and is free forever.
zero-account shared scratchpad
Write it down.
Share it instantly.
Open a page, type, and share the URL. cowyo saves live and stays out of your way—or start private so the server receives only ciphertext.
No account. Free and open source. Powering quick notes on the web for more than 10 years.
launch notes
ship the tiny version
share the link
keep moving
One memorable URL. Everyone sees changes live.
02
Set your options
There are multiple options on each page: Make your note crawlable, lock your note, encrypt a block with a password, make the whole page permanently private with E2EE, or destroy it after one final load.
03
Use the terminal
If you want, use a terminal to create notes. No SDK or special client. Read exact plaintext, or send a file and get a shareable cowyo URL back.
read
curl https://cowyo.com/my-notes
write
curl --data-binary @notes.txt https://cowyo.com/