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I kept bouncing between two annoying extremes: “just edit markdown files in a folder” (great) and “use a notes app” (suddenly you’re managing accounts, syncing, databases, exports, and whatever the app feels like today).

So I built MarkdownManager: a small self-hosted tool that lets you browse and edit a folder of .md notes in your browser, with a preview right next to it. The important part: your notes stay as normal files on disk. No database, no vendor-shaped gravity well. If you stop using it, nothing breaks and your files are still just… files.

Repo: https://github.com/Henkster72/MarkdownManager

If you try it and hate something (UI flow, mobile layout, how it handles folders, whatever), I’m genuinely interested in the sharp feedback.

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[–] pretty_pangolin@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Great idea! Would love to see some screenshots in the readme.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I second the screenshots sentiment. I'm not a published dev so don't take this as me throwing shade on your project, however, it's always something I look for. Tho I do use the cli rather extensively, I'm a sucker for a nice WUI, and it's always disappointing when I can't find one in the repository. I then have to search for it adding 'github' or 'docker' as defining search patterns, because I've found that a ton of opensource devs use rather interesting names for their software, which is an education in and of itself.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago

mermaidjs blocks?

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Kudos! (un)fortunatelly org-mode runs in my veins... I think it's terminal