joelbqz/writer-computer
Local-first desktop markdown editor
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 9 days ago, with 1 contributor on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a fast, lightweight local-first desktop markdown editor built with Tauri, React, Zustand, CodeMirror, and Rust.
- Ensures documents are stored on disk respecting workspace .gitignore rules while supporting extended markdown features and multiple windows.
- Use for managing and editing markdown files locally with seamless integration into existing git-based workspaces.
- Use for creating and previewing complex markdown content including tables and Mermaid diagrams in a desktop environment.
- Use for developers needing a secure, signed macOS markdown editor with an automated release and update workflow.
Should you depend on it?
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License
GPL 3.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
- Owned by an individual account with a single contributor on GitHub; plan for bus-factor risk.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
Fast and lightweight app for your workspace's markdown files
It is built with Tauri v2, React, Zustand, CodeMirror, and Rust. The app keeps documents on disk, respects workspace
.gitignorerules, supports multiple windows, renders extended markdown such as tables and Mermaid diagrams, and ships with a signed macOS release flow.This repo uses Vite+ through the
vpCLI. Usevpinstead of calling the package manager or Vite tooling directly.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+464 stars over 78 days across 7 snapshot days; best day +8 on Aug 11.
Forks
135+35
Open issues
29+10
Compared with peers in Web
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| paperclipai/paperclip | 111.5K | +2.8K | 59 | 13 days ago |
| joelbqz/writer-computer | 1.7K | — | 27 | 9 days ago |
| Category median | 48.4K | +6.2K | 44 | — |
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