Quick Sketch

A lightweight macOS drawing app built with Excalidraw and Electrobun.

Sketch a diagram, copy it to clipboard, paste anywhere. Toggle the window with a global keyboard shortcut — it stays running in the background ready to go.

Install

brew install --cask tomenden/tap/quick-sketch

Or download the latest .dmg from Releases.

Features

• Excalidraw as the drawing engine
• Global keyboard shortcuts (customizable in Settings)
• Copy to clipboard as PNG — with optional auto-clear
• Persistent scene and settings across restarts
• Native macOS app menu with ⌘, for Settings
• Accessibility permission detection with guided setup
• Auto-updates via Electrobun's built-in updater

Default shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Toggle window	⌃⇧S
Copy & close	⌃⇧C

Shortcuts can be customized in Settings (⌘,).

Development

bun install       # Install dependencies
bun run dev       # Build + run in watch mode
bun run dev:hmr   # Vite HMR + native shell (faster iteration)
bun run build     # Production build
bun run typecheck # TypeScript validation

Releasing

Prerequisites: Developer ID cert in Keychain, quick-sketch-notary profile set up via xcrun notarytool store-credentials, gh CLI authenticated, ../homebrew-tap checked out.

bun run release          # patch bump (0.1.0 → 0.1.1)
bun run release minor    # minor bump (0.1.0 → 0.2.0)
bun run release major    # major bump (0.1.0 → 1.0.0)

This builds, signs, notarizes, creates the GitHub Release, and updates the Homebrew Cask automatically.

Tech stack

• Electrobun — native desktop runtime
• Excalidraw — drawing editor
• React 18 + TypeScript + Vite