Ledge Notebook vs Monkeytail

Ledge is a Markdown notebook that runs the code in your notes. Write the commands for a deploy, a fix or a setup once, with the reasoning beside them, and run each block with a tap. The output appears right under the block. On iPhone and iPad, Ledge opens the notes on your own server: a Linux machine or a Mac running the free Ledge server, reached over SSH. Your notes, shells and commands stay on your machine. RUN ANYTHING • Shell, Python, Node, TypeScript, Ruby, PHP and Redis blocks run with the tools on your server • Add SQL or any other language by naming the command that runs it, such as psql or mysql • Prompt blocks hand a request to an AI agent on your server, such as Claude Code, which can read your notes • Answer a running command's prompts by typing into its output, with ^C, ^D, Esc and arrow keys above the keyboard • Each note keeps its own shell, so a cd or an exported variable carries into the next block • Give a note its own working directory, environment and secrets, kept outside the note • Run a note's blocks on another machine over SSH with one line at the top of the note • Mark a risky block to ask before it runs • A command keeps running on the server after you lock the phone, and its output is waiting when you come back WRITE AND ORGANIZE • Markdown with live preview, tables, checklists and images, including photos from the camera • Link notes to each other, with outline, backlinks and tags panels • Workspaces, folders, favorites and full-text search • Use the same notes from Ledge for Mac and from every phone and iPad you pair PRIVATE AND SECURE • You stay in control of your notes: they live on your own machine, not on our servers or anyone else's • No Ledge account, no sign-up and no third party in between • Sign in with a key made in the Secure Enclave that never leaves the device, or with a password kept in the keychain • Each server's host key is confirmed on the first connection and checked on every one after • Lock sensitive notes with a passphrase • Add a server by scanning the QR code it prints WHAT YOU NEED A Mac or a Linux machine you can reach over SSH, with the Ledge server installed. One command installs it, with no root access, no open port and no background service. The guide in the app walks you through it. Ledge is free and open source.

Monkeytail is a native API client and request debugger for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, with a compact Apple Watch companion for favourite requests. No Monkeytail account or sign-in. • Organise workspaces, each with its own collections, environments and globals, in a sidebar tree of nested folders. Move requests and folders by dragging them. • Import cURL, Postman, Insomnia, Bruno, Hoppscotch, Thunder Client, HAR, .http files and OpenAPI or Swagger JSON/YAML. • Share headers, authentication, variables and scripts across folders. Postman-style pm scripts and tests run unchanged, with CryptoJS, lodash and moment. • Use OAuth 2.0 with PKCE, OAuth 1.0, JWT, Digest, API keys, Basic, Bearer and AWS Signature V4. • Run whole collections with data files and export reports. Generate client code in 13 languages. • Edit GraphQL queries and variables, and inspect WebSocket and SSE messages. • Format JSON, browse a tree, search, check responses with visual tests, and preview images, audio, video, hex or binary data. • Save and compare responses, create offline mocks, and manage cookies and client certificates. Inspect timings, redirects and TLS details. • Choose a theme, your own light and dark colours, and interface and code fonts. • Use Monkeytail in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean or Simplified Chinese. • Sync with iCloud Drive and choose proxies. Browser TLS and HTTP/2 profiles are available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Free, with no in-app purchases, analytics, tracking or data collection by Kitta Co. Requests go to servers and proxies you choose. Keychain storage is optional, and you choose whether credentials join iCloud sync. Cookies, client certificates and upload files stay on your device. Requires iOS 17 or macOS 14 or later. Client certificate import on Mac requires macOS 15.