---
title: "Scratch"
description: "A floating spreadsheet for macOS with formulas, notes and clipboard capture."
canonical_url: https://scratch.itsryan.me/
---

# Scratch

**A spreadsheet you can pull up anywhere**

Press ⌥ Space for a small grid over the app you’re in. Work out the numbers, jot down what they mean, and pick up where you left off.

```sh
make run
```

Run from a Scratch checkout with Swift 6 on macOS 14 or later.

## Stay in the grid

Type straight into a cell. Tab completes a formula suggestion or takes you to the next column. Open the command palette to find a command, jump to a cell or convert a unit.

| | |
|---|---|
| ⌥ Space | Show Scratch |
| ⇧⌘P | Open the command palette (default) |
| ⌘J | Show notes (default) |

[Grid and shortcuts](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/grid.md)

## Bring numbers in from another app

Copy amounts or a screenshot and press ⌥⇧ Space. Scratch opens a new sheet. For screenshots, select a row to check the recognised amount against the source image.

[Capture and paste](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/capture.md)

## Keep the numbers with the explanation

Put live cells, tables or a chart beside your notes. Send the table and notes to today’s Obsidian daily note and update the saved sheet in one step.

[Notes and Obsidian](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/notes-and-obsidian.md)

## Questions

**Can I download Scratch?** Scratch is a local preview. A public app download is still pending.

**Where do my sheets live?** Scratch saves the workbook and source images on your Mac. Screenshot recognition also runs on your Mac.

**Can I read these guides as Markdown?** Yes. Add `.md` to a guide URL, or start at [llms.txt](https://scratch.itsryan.me/llms.txt).

## Docs

- [Getting started](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/getting-started.md): Open Scratch and calculate your first total.
- [Grid and shortcuts](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/grid.md): Move, edit, format and calculate from the keyboard.
- [Capture and paste](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/capture.md): Bring in clipboard amounts, screenshots and delimited text.
- [Notes and Obsidian](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/notes-and-obsidian.md): Link notes to live cells and send the table and notes to your vault.
- [Formula Microscope](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/formula-microscope.md): See how a formula evaluates and jump to the cells behind its result.
- [Selection History](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/history.md): Compare earlier cell entries and recover a range without rolling back the sheet.
- [Record and Replay](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/replay.md): Save a sequence of grid commands and run it on another range.
- [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://scratch.itsryan.me/docs/shortcuts.md): Choose your own shortcuts for Notes, the command palette and capture.

The full index is at [llms.txt](https://scratch.itsryan.me/llms.txt).