Case Study

Gnomad Slate

Desktop scratchpad, clipboard history, and Vault-X encrypted secrets — summoned with Option+Space from any app. macOS Apple Silicon beta shipped.

Client: David the Gnomad Inc.
  • Tauri 2
  • React 19
  • Rust
  • Argon2id
  • AES-256-GCM
  • tauri
  • rust
  • desktop
  • productivity
  • security

Overview

Gnomad Slate is a menu-bar-adjacent capture tool for developers and operators who live in markdown, APIs, and clipboard churn. Scratch notes auto-archive; vault buffers persist; secrets stay in a Rust-backed Vault-X store that never exposes decrypted values to the UI.

Highlights

  • Global summon — Option+Space from any application
  • Vault-X — Argon2id master password, AES-256-GCM, rate-limited unlock
  • Clipboard capsule — filtered history with prefix blocklist for sensitive patterns
  • Markdown modes — Edit, Split, and Preview with dark, light, and system themes

Release