Hey folks I have been working on this app for the past 2 years now and I am nowhere done.
I thought of just posting it online to see if it sparks any interest.
The overall goals of this project are:
Your data is yours: Bangle is a fully client side application which helps you edit your markdown notes. You provide it with notes and they stay with you.
Portable: Bangle is and will be a web app first i.e. no bloated electron app. Use it on your phone laptop or tablet.
Powerful: Bangle is simple to get started and has enough extensibility for the pro users (Just press command-shift-p).
Looking for early feedback (if I get any traction on this). Cheers
No its not. mak.ink saves text to LocalStorage, bangle.io uses the File System Access API to read and write from the users disk (https://web.dev/file-system-access/).
Currently it only supports markdown, but I want to build this as a note taking app. I have spent most time in making it flexible to allow for plugins , I guess in near future I will write a plug-in for other note file formats.
- The move toward storing data in the cloud to storing in on my local computer, especially for a note-taking style app is really important.
- Love the mini command line at the top that is autocompleted when I press a button.
Bugs:
- Getting an error for a file I have named "C++.md". It prevents me from opening an entire directory of Markdown.
- Also tried opening a folder from IA Writer, and get the error: "bangle can't open this folder because it contains system files". Not sure what that means.
I also suggest a way to edit a markdown file as soon as I open the app even if it's not local as a little demo.
Hey thanks for checking it out! Really appreciate it.
I think I need a way to figure out different file names and characters allowed.
On your second point, I think the browser controls that part and prevents granting access to things it deems sensitive. I would recommend opening a notes folder which is in your user directory like Documents , Downlaods , Desktop etc.
bangle.io uses the File System Access API to read and write from the users disk (https://web.dev/file-system-access/) and weirdly Firefox devs find this proposal dangerous. If only we all can convince them it’s not
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 25.5 ms ] threadI thought of just posting it online to see if it sparks any interest.
The overall goals of this project are: Your data is yours: Bangle is a fully client side application which helps you edit your markdown notes. You provide it with notes and they stay with you.
Portable: Bangle is and will be a web app first i.e. no bloated electron app. Use it on your phone laptop or tablet.
Powerful: Bangle is simple to get started and has enough extensibility for the pro users (Just press command-shift-p).
Looking for early feedback (if I get any traction on this). Cheers
Do you have any specific file type in mind ?
- The move toward storing data in the cloud to storing in on my local computer, especially for a note-taking style app is really important. - Love the mini command line at the top that is autocompleted when I press a button.
Bugs:
- Getting an error for a file I have named "C++.md". It prevents me from opening an entire directory of Markdown.
- Also tried opening a folder from IA Writer, and get the error: "bangle can't open this folder because it contains system files". Not sure what that means.
I also suggest a way to edit a markdown file as soon as I open the app even if it's not local as a little demo.
I think I need a way to figure out different file names and characters allowed.
On your second point, I think the browser controls that part and prevents granting access to things it deems sensitive. I would recommend opening a notes folder which is in your user directory like Documents , Downlaods , Desktop etc.
I did something similar a few years ago: https://josephernest.github.io/writing
LaTeX (with Mathjax) support as well, click on the ? button to open local files.
Unfortunate :( Is there a browser API in use that rules out Firefox?