LesterMark — free for Mac, iPhone & iPad
A permanent bookmark
for everything you use.
Capture anything you’re looking at — a file, an email, a photo, a webpage, a note, a moment in YouTube, even a book highlight — and open it straight back to its source, weeks or months later, from one place.
What’s New in v2.22
Cards grid, filter panel power-ups & Danish.
Cards view — 1–5 columns
Pick 1–5 columns directly in the toolbar. Column 1 is the original landscape layout; columns 2–5 use a portrait grid.
Search inside Tags & Folders
Both the Tags and Folders sections now have an inline search box in the section header — find any tag or folder instantly without scrolling.
Filter panel — colors & icons
Type dots, tag colors, folder icons, and folder colors shown in the filter panel. Tag exclude via right-click. My World built-in lens added.
Obsidian notes rendered
Obsidian note content now renders as rich markdown in the Content panel — headings, lists, bold/italic, wikilinks, code blocks, and callouts, all formatted inside LesterMark.
Danish localisation
Full browser window, filter panel, and right panel tabs translated to Danish — Linser, Mappe, Relationer, Indhold, and all section headers.
The problem
Your stuff is everywhere. And you forget where.
A file three folders deep. An email from six weeks ago. A photo you can describe but not find. A webpage you definitely meant to save. Each app has its own search, and none of them talk to each other. You either remember which app to look in, or you don’t find it again.
LesterMark bookmarks the thing itself — wherever it actually lives — so you can search it, find it, and open it back to exactly where it was. No copying, no moving files, no pasting into a note and hoping.
How it works
Three steps, one keyboard shortcut.
01
Capture
Press ⌃⌘C while looking at something — a file, an email, a photo, a webpage. LesterMark sees what’s frontmost and creates a bookmark instantly. On iPhone, use the Share Sheet.
02
Find
Search everything you’ve captured — by title, type, app, tag, or meaning. Semantic search understands natural language: “the report I was reviewing last month” finds it even if those words aren’t in the title.
03
Open
Press ⌃⌘O or tap. LesterMark opens the original — the file in Finder, the note in Apple Notes, the email in Mail, the photo in Photos — not a copy, the real thing.
What you can capture
20+ source types. One place to find them.
LesterMark understands the app you’re in and captures from it natively — not just a link, but a bookmark that opens back to the real object in its own app.
Files & Documents
Notes
Reading & Highlights
Media & Places
Web & Communication
Shared Spaces & Chat
A shared vault with real-time sync — and a built-in conversation.
Create a Shared Space and invite others via a simple link. Everyone in the Space sees the same bookmarks, can capture into it, and stays in sync over iCloud — changes appear within seconds.
Use Capture & Save (⌃⌘S) to save a permanent copy of any capture — a webpage, file, or note — alongside the bookmark. All Space members can view the saved content directly, even if they don’t have access to the original app or file.
Every Shared Space has its own Chat thread: a live, iMessage-style conversation between all members. Send messages, see who’s read what via read receipts, and get notified even when you’re not in the app.
Push notifications
New messages arrive as banner notifications even when LesterMark is closed. The badge counts unread messages so nothing slips by.
Read receipts
A “Seen by…” line shows who has read up to each message. Your read position updates automatically when you open Chat.
Live sync
New captures and messages appear within seconds on every device — Mac, iPhone, and iPad — with no manual refresh.
Semantic Search
Search by meaning, not just words.
The sparkles button in the search bar switches on semantic search — it matches your query against the meaning of your bookmarks, not just exact text. Search for “the architecture document from the planning session” even if those words never appear in the title.
Filter panel
Narrow down from a list, not just a search box.
Click the sliders icon in the toolbar (or press ⌘3) to open the filter panel on the left. Every filter type lives here as a collapsible section — click the chevron to expand or collapse any of them.
Platforms
Mac-native menubar app. Full iPhone & iPad app.
Mac Free
- Menubar app — always one click away
- Global keyboard shortcuts (user-configurable)
- Filter panel — left panel with Lenses, Catalog, Tags, Type, Members (Shared Spaces), and Date Range filters; all sections collapsible
- Browser, Cards, Catalog, Lenses views
- Catalog folders — simple one-level folders, one per bookmark or shared collection
- Relations between bookmarks
- Paste Link (⌃⌘V) — paste + record relation in one step
- Capture & Save (⌃⌘S) — save a permanent copy of any capture to iCloud for Shared Spaces and iPhone access
- Obsidian bridge plugin (thumbnails, inline previews)
- Export & backup to JSON
iPhone & iPad Free
- Capture via Share Sheet from any app
- Browse and search all your bookmarks
- View saved copies of Mac captures (webpages, files, notes)
- Full tag management & editing
- Open bookmarks in their source app
- Shared Spaces & Chat with push notifications
- Semantic search
- iCloud sync with Mac
Obsidian integration
First-class Obsidian support.
LesterMark captures Obsidian notes natively. Paste the lestermark:// link anywhere in your vault and it becomes a live, clickable reference back to the note. A bundled bridge plugin adds thumbnail previews and inline rendering directly inside Obsidian, installed automatically from Settings.
Privacy
Your data is yours. LesterMark has no servers.
Everything LesterMark captures — every bookmark, every note, every relation — lives in your own iCloud storage, or even on your own harddisk only. LesterMark has no account system, no analytics, and no servers of its own.
No account required
Download, open, start capturing. No sign-up, no email address collected, no profile to create.
iCloud storage only
Your library lives in your own iCloud container. LesterMark cannot access it from outside your device.
No analytics or tracking
No crash reporters phoning home, no usage metrics, no third-party SDKs collecting behavioural data.
Own harddisk only
Create a local-only Space and your library never touches iCloud — everything stays on your Mac, completely offline.
Get started
Free. No account. Works today.
Download for Mac and start capturing in under a minute. iPhone and iPad apps are on the App Store.
Built by MartinL — a dedicated PKM person and software engineer who got lost in notes and spotlight too many times, and built something that felt like a real app instead. Questions or feedback: martin1@lester.dk