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What is sticky-notes?

timothymaarv/sticky-notes — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

2TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

In one sentence

A lightweight, dependency-free sticky notes overlay you can drop into any web app, styled like macOS Stickies with Figma-plugin-style editing.

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  root((sticky-notes))
    What it does
      Sticky notes overlay
      macOS Stickies look
      Figma plugin features
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      React
      Zero dependencies
    Features
      Drag and recolor
      Text formatting
      Persists across reloads
    Setup
      Copy folder in
      Mount one component
      Vanilla class option
    Use cases
      Quick annotations
      Design tool notes
      Custom note apps

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add draggable, colorable sticky notes to an internal tool or dashboard for quick annotations.

USE CASE 2

Let users leave persistent notes on a web page that survive reloads.

USE CASE 3

Give a design or planning tool Figma-style sticky notes without pulling in a heavy dependency.

USE CASE 4

Build custom note-taking features on top of the exposed spawn, removeNote, and getNotes API.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptReact

How does it compare?

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LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Last pushed2026-06-07
MaintenanceMaintained
Setup difficultyeasyeasymoderate
Complexity2/52/52/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Copy the folder into your project, including bundled font files, then mount a single component or class instance.

The README does not state a license, so terms of use and redistribution are unclear.

So what is it?

This project adds sticky note style annotations to any web app, similar in look to the classic macOS Stickies app and similar in feature set to the sticky note plugin in Figma. It is lightweight, has no external dependencies, and works safely with server side rendering setups. Once added to a page, pressing Shift and N pops up a new note ready to type into immediately. Notes can be dragged anywhere on screen, recolored, formatted with bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough, and stacked as many as you like. Notes are saved so they survive a page reload. To use it in a project, you copy the folder into your codebase, including the bundled handwriting style font files, then mount it once. In a React app you import and render a single overlay component. In a plain JavaScript project without any framework, you create one instance of a StickyNotes class instead. The README lists a full set of keyboard shortcuts: Shift plus N for a new note, Control Shift N to hide or show all notes without deleting them, the usual text formatting shortcuts, a shortcut to start a numbered list, delete or backspace to remove a selected note, and escape to stop writing. Selecting a note brings up a toolbar to change its color between eight choices, its text size, its font between a standard sans serif and the handwriting style, and whether it shows as a full note or a compact strip. Pasted text is cleaned up to plain formatting only. The library also exposes configuration options such as a custom z-index, a storage key for persistence, a default color, custom font files, and a callback that fires whenever notes change, along with a small set of methods for creating, updating, and removing notes in code.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to mount the StickyNotesOverlay component in my React app.
Prompt 2
Help me set up sticky notes in a vanilla JavaScript project without a framework using the StickyNotes class.
Prompt 3
Explain how to change the default note color and disable persistence using the options object.
Prompt 4
Write code that listens for note changes with onChange and saves them to my own backend instead of local storage.

Frequently asked questions

What is sticky-notes?

A lightweight, dependency-free sticky notes overlay you can drop into any web app, styled like macOS Stickies with Figma-plugin-style editing.

What language is sticky-notes written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, React.

What license does sticky-notes use?

The README does not state a license, so terms of use and redistribution are unclear.

How hard is sticky-notes to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is sticky-notes for?

Mainly developer.

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