KlarText
Plain text. Nothing else.
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Mac
Klar is German for clear. Klartext reden means speaking plainly.
Plain text is the only format that survived. WordPerfect files from 1985 are unreadable. Word documents from the 1990s are corrupted or stranded in formats nobody supports anymore. A .txt file written fifty years ago opens today, without conversion, without a subscription, without the original software. It will open fifty years from now.
KlarText is built on that premise. If a feature is not essential to writing and editing text, it does not belong here.
No syntax highlighting. No plugins. No AI. No distractions. Just text.
SIGNATURE FEATURES
Paste and Reflow (Cmd+Shift+V)
Paste text from PDFs, emails, terminals, or the web. Hard-wrapped lines are rejoined into clean, flowing prose — while lists, code blocks, and shell sessions are left intact.
Join List as Prose
Turn a bullet or numbered list into a single flowing paragraph. Each item becomes a sentence: capitalised, punctuated, ready.
Focus Mode (Cmd+Opt+F)
Wide margins, hidden sidebar. Combinable with full screen.
EVERYTHING ELSE
· Multi-document sidebar with inline rename
· Regex find & replace via the standard macOS Find bar
· Line numbers and highlight current line
· Show invisibles (spaces, tabs, line endings)
· Word wrap toggle
· Strip trailing whitespace on save
· Automatic encoding detection (UTF-8, UTF-16, Latin-1, Mac Roman)
· Line ending conversion (LF / CRLF / CR)
· Go to Line, Delete Line, Duplicate Line, block indent/outdent
· System, light, and dark themes
· Native macOS app — not Electron
WHO IT’S FOR
Writers, coders, and anyone who values clarity over clutter.
PRICING
Free to download with a 10-day trial. A one-time purchase unlocks the app permanently — no subscription.
EULA
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
What's New in 1.3.16
• New from Clipboard (⌘⇧N): create an untitled document pre-filled with the text on your clipboard. Disabled when the clipboard has no text.
• Fixed: Up and Down arrow keys could stop responding in the editor after dismissing the Find in Open Documents panel.
• Removed Quick Open. Recent files remain available via File > Open Recent.
The developer, Lukas Spieker, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Lukas Spieker
- Size
- 4.1 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- One-time Purchase $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lukas Spieker

