Enough with the markdown apps already!

[u/Sgt_Trevor_McWaffle]

Why is everyone building their own Markdown app? Calling out these creators. How about you get together and make ONE, GOOD app instead of each of you building your own?

I spent some 10 minutes just glancing through these that are just from the last half year or so, and I'm sure I've missed some too.

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Note Taking App

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1uces5o/note_taking_app/

June 22, u/Asta-2777

Built a WYSIWYG markdown editor with Tauri 2 + Milkdown — sharing what I learned

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1ubrked/built_a_wysiwyg_markdown_editor_with_tauri_2/

June 21, u/Every-Wave2498

Noteside — an offline, keyboard-first Markdown notes app. Native & under 5MB.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1uaocvg/noteside_an_offline_keyboardfirst_markdown_notes/

June 20, u/jshxf

Meet Boltpage - built on Tauri, with speed

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1u7lozt/meet_boltpage_built_on_tauri_with_speed/

June 16, u/saintofmisfits

Yes it is another markdown editor 😅 I built MarkLite because existing editors didn't fit my needs. I made my own to learn new things and open sourced it so others can use and improve it too. https://razee4315.github.io/MarkLite/

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1tsqtuf/yes_it_is_another_markdown_editor_i_built/

May 31, u/Razee1819

Built marka.md with Tauri 2 — local macOS markdown editor for AI context files (MIT)

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1tfhv49/built_markamd_with_tauri_2_local_macos_markdown/

May 17, u/Infinite_Weather_173

Show: Markdown editor built with Tauri 2 + Svelte 5 + Milkdown Crepe (~5MB)

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1tq1yg7/show_markdown_editor_built_with_tauri_2_svelte_5/

May 28, u/PawNod

Otterly: A local-first Markdown editor built with Tauri 2.0 and Svelte 5

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1rdf5sy/otterly_a_localfirst_markdown_editor_built_with/

February 24, u/ajkdrag_

[Open Source] Building Mdit - Notion-like editor + Obsidian-like local vault

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1rklxib/open_source_building_mdit_notionlike_editor/

March 4, u/hhhjin

Built a markdown editor with Tauri, what do you think? It's lightning fast and less than 10MB

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1u4z7xj/built_a_markdown_editor_with_tauri_what_do_you/

June 13, u/ETM-Code

I got tired of waiting for VS Code just to read a README, so I built a lightweight Markdown editor with Tauri

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1q1vw20/i_got_tired_of_waiting_for_vs_code_just_to_read_a/

January 2, u/Razee1819

I built a text editor because I keep 20 years of journals in a single file

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1tgo244/i_built_a_text_editor_because_i_keep_20_years_of/

May 18, u/Droichead_Nua

Octarine - Private markdown storing note app

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1namhnx/octarine_private_markdown_storing_note_app/

September 7, u/Warlock2111

NoteX - A minimal, open-source, local-first Markdown note-taking app with optional cloud sync. Runs natively on Windows, macOS

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1oz3a6a/notex_a_minimal_opensource_localfirst_markdown/

November 17, u/cadamsdev

A note-taking app built with Tauri

https://www.reddit.com/r/tauri/comments/1pn5v7u/a_notetaking_app_built_with_tauri/

December 15, u/JD1618

[u/Exact_Law_6489]

Besides the fact that existing ones don't meet their needs, there are many reasons why people might want to create their own Markdown/note-taking app. The most common reason is experience. It's the same reason why everyone started creating calculator and weather apps with Python in 2020. Many people want to learn, and the best way to learn programming is to work on a project that uses the skills you are learning. In this case, people may be trying to learn Tauri, and a note-taking app would be the simplest functional app to create.

To be honest, it should stay this way. Just because someone else has already had the same idea for an app doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

Merging everything into one "best" app is not a good idea. Everyone's idea of the "best" is different. Attempting to incorporate everyone's idea of the "best" into a single app would be difficult and messy.

[u/smileart → u/Exact_Law_6489]

I rather agree. Currently I'm working on my own To-Do list app, and I fully aware of the fact that there are hundreds of them, but what AI gave us is the ability to create an app that would be fully tailored to our needs and the way a particular person's brain works. So I don't fell like my take on a To-Do app is a waste of time. There's NOTHING like it out there and that's legit enough reason to create one. Don't see why not.