Hey folks! Been working on this for a year now, and shipped a bunch of features over the last few months, since the app has come off the closed beta to available for all on Mac!<p>Comparisons with Obsidian are unavoidable, but the app has few distinctions like:<p>- A pure WYSIWYG editor that doesn't jerk when writing rich text.<p>- Stored completely in markdown<p>- Does not weigh in at 300mb, but rather just 7mb (Thanks Rust and Tauri)<p>- Opinionated in some workflows, and makes things easier for day-to-day workflows.<p>- Keyboard shortcuts for almost everything, and a super powerful Cmd + K bar.<p>Still loads to do to catch up, and reach where it needs to go, but would be happy if you give it a try!<p>Download - <a href="https://octarine.app/releases" rel="nofollow">https://octarine.app/releases</a><p>Changelog - <a href="https://octarine.app/changelog" rel="nofollow">https://octarine.app/changelog</a><p>Windows/Linux versions are on the way, and are currently being tested and fixed for some issues.<p>There's also a discord if you want to hop in for discussion.
I really love the app so far. Very much reminds me of Obsidian, which I've never really been able to get into, beyond just a basic markdown editor. Octarine makes it much easier to 'get going' with the whole network linking, daily notes, productivity aspect.<p>A couple of requests:<p>- It would be <i>great</i> to have some kind of documentation on the website. It took me a while to realise how to use a template (I'd assumed it would be a page/note-level thing, not a block-level one) and exactly how the daily note worked.<p>- Well, I was going to ask about a non-dark theme here (the default really hurt my eyes) but I've managed to find the setting. Again, this was quite hidden — a settings dialog via the app menu would be better.