Tolaria
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markdown note-taking
SHOW HN2026
318points
142comments
#133of 4,366 in 2026
Top 4%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
26 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 19 critical, out of 67 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 12 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 8 againstDesign: 5 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, polished UI and design
From 3 comments
Super nice! I've ended up settling on Logseq for note-taking for a while now, but never loved the UI. This is clean and love the git-backed approach. Would love to see a dark…
r0bbie on HNHey Luca this is great, trying it now. The UI is gorgeous, congratulations!
moralestapia on HNWow thanks! Better than the one I was planning to build for myself. Love the UI. Love the fact that the app was made with Tauri. Nice work, will share!
Pym on HN
Git-first approach for AI context and version history
From 2 comments
Interesting to see this gaining traction so fast. The git-first approach for AI context is a smart differentiator from Obsidian, it lets you see exactly what the AI changed vs…
repoinsider on HNthe idea of being git-first it's exactly for that! so you can setup AI as a git contributor and see its changes clearly
lucaronin on HN
Offline-first, file-based Markdown
From 2 comments
I love how you have used markdown here ! We kind of have used the exact philosophy in https://voiden.md/ - offline-first, file based and support for git. This is exactly the…
dhruv3006 on HNI love this. Markdown first just makes more sense for knowledge bases. Love the clean ui. I built https://github.com/LostWarrior/knowledge-base which is cli first.
KBh on HN
Objections
Overlaps heavily with Obsidian; unclear why it is needed
From 3 comments
Doesn’t Obsidian already do pretty much the same?
antonkochubey on HNWhy not obsidian?
datagreed on HNobsidian already exists. and works on linux.
NamlchakKhandro on HN
Editor bugs such as code fences and keyboard shortcuts
From 2 comments
I tried it and it looks really nice but like most of these it has too many small editing thorns for me to use. Two I noticed right away - ctrl-a works to go to start of line but…
sixhobbits on HNNice work, couple bits of feedback * The editor doesn't seem to support code fence literals (as in I can't type ``` to get a code block) * At very large markdown file sizes the…
kenforthewin on HN
Built with Tauri rather than native macOS
From 3 comments
And I was going to say Mac native as well, but uses Tauri. I’d love some app with the polish of Bear Notes but that just edited raw Markdown files. Ideally Obsidian with the…
jimmcslim on HNI would be all over this if it was a native macOS app
msephton on HNA lot of people are posting their similar projects in this thread. Is there anyone making a markdown knowledge management app that feels truly Mac-native, i.e. written in AppKit…
niek_pas on HN
Sorting bug after git commit
From 1 comment
Nice work! This looks really cool. I downloaded and am trying it out, but I'm running into a pretty annoying sorting bug that's preventing me from using it for real. I copied…
wkcheng on HN
Requests
Mobile version
From 2 comments
Great app! One thing I'd love to see is a mobile version — I find myself searching my notes on my phone more often than on desktop.
valentinkov on HNI often fall back to Apple Notes (I know not really a knowledge base, or markdown) because it syncs between my devices and it's usable on the phone. Is this something you have a…
dewey on HN
Dark mode
From 1 comment
Super nice! I've ended up settling on Logseq for note-taking for a while now, but never loved the UI. This is clean and love the git-backed approach. Would love to see a dark…
r0bbie on HN
Windows version
From 2 comments
I tried this on my Mac. Excellent concept, and the 10k notes is promising. Is there anything similar to this for Windows?
enola-mag on HNreleasing it over the next couple of days
lucaronin on HN
Questions
How it handles performance at 10K+ notes
From 2 comments
Curious how it handles 10K+ notes performance-wise, does it index everything or lazy-load?
aldielshala on HNNice work, couple bits of feedback * The editor doesn't seem to support code fence literals (as in I can't type ``` to get a code block) * At very large markdown file sizes the…
kenforthewin on HN
How it differs from Obsidian and VSCode
From 2 comments
Can anyone explain how is it different to VSCode. I just don’t get it. I open VSCode, I have files tree, mardown preview and Claude code to edit. I tried obsidian, Notion. Still…
ianberdin on HNDoesn’t Obsidian already do pretty much the same?
antonkochubey on HN
How temporal and changing decisions are modeled
From 1 comment
The “types as lenses, not schemas” principle and the focus on structure + relationships really stand out. How do systems like this handle temporal stuff over time? (things that…
ajbd on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 2 comments
Doesn’t Obsidian already do pretty much the same?
antonkochubey on HNWhy not obsidian?
datagreed on HN
Logseq
From 2 comments
Super nice! I've ended up settling on Logseq for note-taking for a while now, but never loved the UI. This is clean and love the git-backed approach. Would love to see a dark…
r0bbie on HNThis sounds a lot like logseq that I encountered yesterday but I haven’t had a time to use them both: https://logseq.com/
spockz on HN
Notion
From 2 comments
As I was scrolling down the page I was like "what if I wanted to use a notion-style editor instead of markdown" and my requests were instantly met
SpyCoder77 on HNnotion killer
npv789 on HN
Typora
From 1 comment
> I’d love some app with the polish of Bear Notes but that just edited raw Markdown files. Typora? (https://typora.io/)
astrocat on HN
Zettlr
From 1 comment
Zettlr would like a word.
bovermyer on HN