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LeafWiki โ€“ A Markdown Wiki is now ready for Dogfooding (v0.4.0)

Hey ๐Ÿ‘‹

just wanted to share a quick update on my side project โ€“ LeafWiki, a Markdown-based wiki built with developers in mind.

๐ŸŒฟ What is LeafWiki?

LeafWiki aims to be a lightweight Markdown wiki for developer teams. No cloud lock-in, no database, no unnecessary overhead.

Just a single binary that lets you create, search, and edit Markdown files โ€” all stored directly on your local disk.


๐Ÿ“ธ Hereโ€™s a quick screenshot while writing this post inside LeafWiki itself:

asset-manager

๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ And a glimpse of the built-in asset manager:

overview

โœ… Whatโ€™s new in v0.4.0?

With this release, the project is now ready for real dogfooding โ€“ meaning Iโ€™ve started using it internally for my own documentation needs.

1. ๐Ÿ“ฑ Mobile-optimized UI

The interface now works on smartphones and tablets.

2. ๐Ÿ” Full-text search (SQLite-based)

A custom module scans all Markdown files and builds a fast local search index.

3. โœ๏ธ Editor improvements

The editor now supports hotkeys for bold, italic, ## headings, and more โ€” no bloated WYSIWYG needed.


๐Ÿ”ญ Whatโ€™s next?

Right now, Iโ€™ve started using LeafWiki to write its own end-user documentation.

To support this, Iโ€™m working on server-side rendering (SSR) so pages can be properly indexed by search engines.

After that, the roadmap includes:

  • ๐Ÿ“‚ Importing Markdown files from disk
  • ๐Ÿ” Git repository integration (planned for a future version)

๐Ÿค Feedback & Chat

Iโ€™d love to hear your feedback, ideas, or suggestions!

โ†’ Project: github.com/perber/leafwiki

โ†’ Chat: Discord

Thanks for reading
โ€“ Patrick

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