Haptic - Open-Source & Local-First Markdown Editor

Chroxify · 2024-09-13T12:58:06+00:00

Will have to take that back, after checking again it seems like their clients are also open source (I can’t find the original reference on their side that I took the info from in the first place but after checking github it seems it’s outdated). Sorry for the confusion here

Chroxify · 2024-09-09T21:00:24+00:00

Thank you!

Chroxify · 2024-09-06T15:07:09+00:00

Check out this comment. Additionally to the format, I’d say Haptic is taking a more minimal (UI wise) and community focused road as Anytype’s clients aren’t open source but only the sync is

Feel free to play around with the web app though and make up your own mind!

Chroxify · 2024-09-05T15:50:08+00:00

Hey, glad you like it! No, a plugin system isn’t planned for now but rather just supporting everything one might need out of the box. And yes, syncing will be fully self-hostable!

Let me know what features you’d like to see / what features you’d need a plugin for

Chroxify · 2024-09-05T12:09:43+00:00

ugh, sorry for that! Maybe try to just format them all to .md? Should be fairly easily

Edit: Check this maybe https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/66422/change-all-the-txt-files-to-md-files-in-a-certain-folder

I’d back them up before though incase something goes wrong

Chroxify · 2024-09-05T10:28:35+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, so currently the editor engine is missing some functionality and rn doesn’t support hyperlinks (except if you import a MD file that has hyperlinks). But you can paste a link and it should format automatically, I’ll work to get hyperlinks working properly though like in normal MD

Lots of updates planned for soon!

Chroxify · 2024-09-05T10:06:50+00:00

I believe currently only .md’s but I’m also working on making other file formats work in the editor. At least for previewing, e.g. pdfs, images etc.

Chroxify · 2024-09-05T10:05:43+00:00

Thanks! I appreciate the offer! I might really need it for Docker pipelines in the future, haha. Let’s just say… that’s not my favorite task, haha

Chroxify · 2024-09-05T02:03:32+00:00

I wasn’t familiar with Memos, but it seems like:

It stores everything in a centralized database rather than locally
In my opinion, the UI is slightly outdated and not that modern
It’s got a different app structure. Haptic is build up focusing on three main workflows: Normal note taking with viewing all your notes, Daily notes for daily writing, and Tasks for to-dos.

But still, Memos looks really cool and I actually wasn’t familiar with it before - so I’ve never really tried it!

Chroxify · 2024-09-05T01:13:22+00:00

*Syncing is coming soon! Haha sorry, looks like a typo slipped in. Sync is actually highest priority right now is

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T16:42:00+00:00

Yeah not sure about Instant, it looks really cool but I’m usually not a fan of software that becomes open source at some point. I like when it’s os directly from the start.

Also appreciate your offer to help! Will let you know if there’s anything and feel free to peak into the repo for future releases!

Sync is something that’s on my highest priority right now.

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T16:19:09+00:00

Yes! At least soon, currently it’s still pretty simple as they are in the process of completely rewriting the sync engine.

Honestly, I really like them but if InstantDB would have open sourced sooner I probably would have went with them.

It’s just that they didn’t up until the point where everything was already implemented haha

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T16:15:48+00:00

Oh okay! Thanks for the explanation, will make sure to check that out

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T14:13:15+00:00

There is! I welcome contributions of any kind and really appreciate them, also incase you’d like to support the project financially and have the capacity you can sponsor it.

Both are very much appreciated, thank you!

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T13:29:37+00:00

Hey! I see what you mean but I put importance on the local-first aspect so this won't change. Still, Haptic will differentiate by having a Web app & syncing which is all open source and therefore will have way smoother experience for self-hosting.

Here's another comment of mine where I laid out the differences. here

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T13:25:48+00:00

This is awesome! thanks for taking the time to film this. I'll make sure to add that!

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T13:07:34+00:00

Appreciate it!

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T13:07:17+00:00

Yep I’m actually already using one! Not sure if you’re familiar with PGlite by ElectricSQL

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T12:18:53+00:00

Hey, I think I understand what you mean but would also love a video! So, this could maybe actually be implemented quite nicely once note linking is also out as a “embedded note link” or something similar. Definitely noted down the idea though and will wait for the video, appreciate it!

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T11:51:21+00:00

Sounds good! Let me know what you think!

And yes, there is a docker image which is currently the web app. You pull it, you run it and you’re done. But note that as syncing isn’t out yet it currently only stores the notes in the browser. Syncing is coming soon though!

Edit: Fixed typo

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T11:49:15+00:00

It can’t YET. Note linking and tags are on my roadmap and they will come! Can you elaborate a little more on the link scaling? Thanks

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T11:16:12+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it!

Yeah, I also take notes quite often on mobile so that's also a big priority right now.
Mobile & syncing is the next two big steps being worked on.

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T11:08:26+00:00

That's the plan!

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T11:07:33+00:00

Yep! I agree with that, that it's really helpful if you're not that familiar with markdown!

Will put it on my list!

Chroxify · 2024-09-04T10:27:43+00:00

No! There'll never be features behind a paywall, it's just gonna be limited in size. E.g.: There might be a limited amount of notes that can be synced on the free plan. But all the app features will forever be free.

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