HelixNotes — Local Markdown Notes
helixnotes.com
A local markdown note-taking app. Your notes stay on your machine. No cloud, no lock-in.

I built a note-taking app because the one I wanted didn’t exist. Clean UI, local .md files, no cloud, no account.

Built with Rust + Tauri 2.0 + SvelteKit. Full-text search powered by Tantivy. Graph view, AI writing tools (bring your own key), Obsidian import, version history.

Available for Linux (AppImage, APT, AUR), Windows, and macOS. Source: https://codeberg.org/ArkHost/HelixNotes

  • ArkHost@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    Really appreciate the detailed feedback.

    You’re right about the Mac shortcuts - Cmd should replace Ctrl on macOS. That’s a bug, I’ll fix it.

    As for the frontmatter - Jayjader is correct, it’s standard markdown frontmatter. It’s how HelixNotes tracks metadata without using a database or sidecar files. Moving it to the bottom would break compatibility with every other markdown tool that reads frontmatter. But I understand it’s not pretty in a plain preview - that’s the tradeoff for keeping everything in plain .md files with no hidden database.

    Glad you’re enjoying it. Keep the feedback coming, this is exactly what helps improve the app.

    • IllNess@infosec.pub
      2·
      11 hours ago

      Thank you for the explanation.

      I will continue to use it and provide feedback. So far, really great.

      I nearly take all my notes in markdown. I am always excited to try another open source markdown program.

      HelixNotes is super polished.

      Thanks!