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Well, it does what it says on the tin:)

https://github.com/chunqiuyiyu/xie?tab=readme-ov-file#prereq... says it needs NodeJS; is that just for building? Could you make a release on github that includes it as a single .html file that could be downloaded and used with no deps but a browser?

You can click the "Save" button to save the entire page to your own notebook. Node.js is used only for development and deployment purposes.
Bug: If you put a space as the title, you can't edit the note later because the post is not clickable.
It was not obvious to me that I needed to click the New button first. I clicked around everywhere else and tried typing and no go. Then after clicking New and getting a text area, it made sense and I said "well of course".

So maybe not too many other people had this problem, but perhaps the top line could say "Click New, then just write." =)

And/or start the page off with a note that describes the basic process:

"click new, write, and click Publish to finish the note, then click Save to save it to index.html on your system"

When I went back to edit a note, Publish didn't work for me.

Trying this in Vivaldi, I didn't try on another browser yet.

Thank you very much for your trial and suggestions. I will add more detailed usage instructions to the page. After editing, please remember to click the "Publish" button again.
This is an interesting project. I'm glad to see Markdown is supported. I was surprised that there is no persistent storage of notes, though (at least not on my device).
Every time you add new content, you should make sure to click the "Save" button to store the page locally.
not a dig, but it reminds me of how much i used to like tiddly wiki.

https://tiddlywiki.com/

Actually, this was inspired by TiddlyWiki, but I wanted to make it more lightweight—so I built this myself.
Or you can just put the following in the url bar of your browser (Ctr-s to save):

data:text/html, <html contenteditable>

Interesting project ! Tried it on brave mobile Android and it does the job. Just so you know, when I edited the note I wrote in markdown, the note is now in html. But I guess this would mean add a html to markdown converter to the page. I get the minimalist concept, and I sense this could be a daily driver for many.
Is there a way to use it offline on iOS? I’ve saved a file to my Files app but the I’m unable to save… or I’m missing something completely…?