Flotnote
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Flotnote is a floating Markdown editor for macOS that appears over any app with ⌘. Press the hotkey and a note panel opens in under a second, ready to capture a thought without leaving your current work. Notes save as plain .md files in a folder you choose, so they show up in Obsidian instantly with no import step. Full Markdown support with syntax highlighting, checklists, code blocks, fuzzy search, bidirectional links, backlinks, and tags. Open multiple notes in separate windows, move files with a command palette, and export to Markdown, HTML, or plain text. One-time purchase of $4.99 with no subscription, no account, and no proprietary lock-in. Built by Achan of Tiny Ship Sailors.
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The gap between having a thought and getting it into Obsidian is where most of my fleeting notes die. Opening Obsidian, navigating to the right vault, creating a file, and typing a name takes long enough that I forget why I opened it. Flotnote is the keyboard shortcut that skips all of that: ⌘. and I am writing, in a panel that floats over whatever I was doing, and the file is already in my vault when I go looking for it later.
The part that made me look twice is that it works with Obsidian instead of replacing it. The files are plain Markdown on disk, so Obsidian sees them immediately, and any links or tags I write in Flotnote render correctly when I open the same file in Obsidian. I have not tested it with a large vault yet. The first thing I would check is whether the fuzzy search stays fast when you have a few hundred notes, or whether it starts to lag the way some Electron apps do when the index gets big.