One library for your notes
and your AI’s.
The markdown editor for both your personal notes and the project context, skills, and memory you share with your AI.
Local files · Native speed · Built different
Etch v2 Roadmap
Core Features
Next release follows
with extensibility improvements.
Build
cargo build --releasecargo test --allWrite beautifully. Think clearly.
fn main() { let app = Etch::new(); // load plugins app.run("notes");}Related Notes
Cross-linked from .
Pulled into the Q3 sync agenda weekly.
Four surfaces. One stack of .md files.
Built for how markdown actually grows.
Markdown, organized the way you think.
Top-level workspaces give every flow its own space — meetings, quick captures, longform. Projects group what belongs together. [[Wikilinks]] autocomplete as you type and resolve across folders, even into your library.
Markdown-first. Every pixel designed around it.
From a full library to a single file — it just works.
Bird's eye
Canvas-rendered minimap for instant navigation.
Instant.
While traditional Electron apps load, Etch is already open.
Local. Even the AI.
Your files stay on disk. AI runs on-device — nothing leaves your machine.
Made for .md
Not a text editor that happens to open .md files. Tables, tasks, code blocks — native, not bolted on.
Plain .md files
No database, no proprietary format. Grep them, git them, move them.
Themes for every mood.
From Ocean to Dracula — or customize your own.
Edit both sides.
Rendered and source, side by side. Both editable, always in sync.
Git, built in.
See the constellation.
Every action, one keystroke away
Who it’s for
Stop opening VS Code for a .md file.
Split source and rendered preview. Syntax highlighting. GFM tables, task lists, code blocks. Open a single file or a full workspace — no project setup, no config.
Notes that aren't for normies.
Workspaces, projects, notes — structured but zero friction. Plain .md files in normal folders. grep them, git them, move them. Your files, your disk, your rules.
All your docs, one place.
Link project folders and browse READMEs, CLAUDE.md, AI skills, agent memories, design specs — across every repo and tool. Search everything instantly. Only markdown surfaces — the rest stays out of your way.
Ready to write.
One app for markdown. Nothing else in the way.