📝 New Text

Create new files directly from Finder.

A lightweight macOS utility that adds one of Finder's most requested missing features.

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Features

• 📄 Create .txt files directly from Finder
• 📝 Create .md files directly from Finder
• ✏️ Choose a custom filename
• 🔢 Automatic duplicate filename handling
• ⚡ Native Finder Quick Actions
• 🚀 Lightweight
• 🔒 No analytics
• 💻 Works completely offline
• 📦 Portable installation

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Screenshots

Finder Quick Action

Create File Dialog

File Created

Homebrew Installation

Installation

Homebrew (Recommended)

brew tap demissu/tap
brew install new-text
new-text

The final command installs the Finder Quick Actions into your user account.

Manual installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/demissu/New-Text.git
cd New-Text

Install:

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

The installer automatically:

• installs the Finder Quick Actions
• copies runtime files into:

~/Library/Application Support/New Text

After installation, the cloned repository can safely be moved or deleted.

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Usage

Right Click

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Quick Actions

↓

New Text File

or

New Markdown File

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Uninstall

chmod +x uninstall.sh
./uninstall.sh

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Roadmap

• ✅ Text files
• ✅ Markdown files
• ✅ Portable installer
• ✅ Clean uninstall
• ⏳ HTML
• ⏳ CSS
• ⏳ JavaScript
• ⏳ JSON
• ⏳ SwiftUI Preferences
• ✅ Homebrew
• ⏳ PKG Installer

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Contributing

Issues and Pull Requests are welcome.

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License

MIT