free & open source

SharkPad

Notes, drawing, and voice dictation in one window. Type, sketch, and catch what the professor just said, all at once.

download for Windows
or get it for Windows Mac (M1 and newer) Mac (Intel) Linux

Version 1.2.0 · all releases

SharkPad icon v1.2.0 works offline

what it does

write

Autocorrect, spell check, find and replace, and autosave so you never lose a note.

draw

Pen, highlighter, text, and images. Select anything to move, resize, or recolor it later.

listen

Voice dictation types as you talk. It runs on your computer, so it works offline.

understand

The AI Teacher explains your notes in plain language with one click.

see it in action

SharkPad in dark mode with lecture notes and a benzene ring on the drawing pad
Drawing pad with the select tool resizing part of a benzene sketch
select, move, and resize anything you draw
AI Teacher setup dialog
set up the AI Teacher with a free Groq key
first time opening it?
  • Windows: unzip it and run SharkPad.exe
  • Mac: unzip it, then right-click SharkPad and choose Open
  • Linux: mark the AppImage as executable, then run it

free forever

SharkPad is open source under the MIT License. Read the code, report a bug, or build it yourself.

view on github