Show HN: Open-Source Notion UI, Lotion (github.com)

59 points by alfredlua ↗ HN
My friend and I love the Notion UI, so we open-source a version we have been building.

- Block-based editor - Drag to reorder blocks - Basic Markdown-parsing including bold, italic, headings and divider - Type '/' for command menu and shortcuts

Tiny fun detail: When you move between blocks with your arrow keys, your cursor will remain at roughly the same horizontal position (vs jumping to the start or end of a block).

Lotion is quite limited for now, and we would love any contributions (e.g. image blocks, video blocks, code blocks, etc.)

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stares in appflowy
if Lotion is going to win appflowy it's only because of being more smooth
lol I feel like HN is in a fun mood today. I've seen lots of jokes today and it's been kind of nice.
Oo AppFlowy looks great. For now, we are just recreating Notion's UI (the building blocks) for developers who want to use it in their apps rather than creating an open-source Notion app.
nice! when is dashibase launching?
Thank you! We already have a functional product! We have a waitlist for now because we want to personally onboard all new users. We hope to reach GA in the coming months.