The mdSilo app is a lightweight knowledge base and feed reader designed for local-first storage of ideas, thoughts, and knowledge. It features a powerful all-in-one writing tool built with Rust, React and Tauri. The app is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and it operates on top of local plain-text files, ensuring no registration is required and no privacy issues arise.
Some of the key features of the mdSilo app include:
- Input and output in one place (I/O)
- All-in-one editor supporting Markdown, WYSIWYG, MindMap, and more
- Markdown extensions for diagrams, tables, math/chemical expressions, and code blocks with syntax highlighting
- Slash commands, hovering toolbar, hotkeys, and other toolkits
- Chronicle view, graph view, and task view
- Full-text search
- Dark and light mode
To get started with the mdSilo app, you can download it from the release page or build it from the source code by following the instructions provided in the GitHub repository. The app is actively maintained, with recent releases and updates available on the GitHub page. Users can also report issues and contribute to the project through the issues and pull requests sections.
This looks neat, and I’m going to try it out, but does anyone else think that putting RSS and podcast capability into a note taking app is a bit random?
Saved, I’ll give it a shot. Thanks you!
Reminds me of Zettlr, another very nice Markdown editor.