Free. Offline. No Cloud. No Tracking. Just pure, high-performance knowledge crafting.
After nine years of coding and months of focused development, I built the Markdown editor I always wished existed — one that respects your focus, your privacy, and your intelligence.
Why Dev Snippet stands out:
True Local-First: All data stays on your machine via SQLite and a secure snippet:// protocol. No accounts. No forced sync.
Flow Mode: A borderless, shadowed editor designed to induce deep work — neither VS Code nor Obsidian offers this.
Scientist Mode: Typewriter scrolling and minimal UI, optimized for thesis writing and long-form technical drafting.
Full Mermaid and Mathematical Support: Render diagrams, equations, and architectural sketches directly in the live preview.
Semantic Linking: Connect ideas with wiki-links [[snippet_name]], categorize with tags (#), and reference concepts with mentions (@).
Hybrid Search: Press Ctrl+Shift+F to search across all snippets by tag, mention, language, or content — powered by FTS5 and BM25.
Stable Editing Experience: A cursor-aware rendering architecture eliminates layout jumps when switching between modes.
Thoughtful Theming: Four built-in themes inspired by modern CLI tools, with real-time sync between editor and preview.
Built for:
Researchers drafting papers in Markdown (arXiv-ready)
Developers documenting systems and code
Students organizing lecture notes with structure and links
Anyone who values privacy, speed, and cognitive clarity
Tech Stack: Electron, React, CodeMirror 6, SQLite (WAL mode), and unified.js
License: MIT — fully open source, no hidden costs
Download v1.2.2 for Windows, macOS, and Linux: releases
Source and documentation: repo
Tools should adapt to cognition — not force cognition to adapt to tools.
I welcome your feedback — especially from researchers, developers, and serious note-takers. What would make this your daily driver?
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