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I read a comment somewhere in hacker news about a guy managing their daily planning on a locally saved plain text file. I started doing it and _loved_ it. But after a while I was missing some of that nice WYSIWYG UI interface. I couldn't find an existing tool which allows me to continue to use that local text file and also have a nice pretty interface.

One thing led to another and I ended up scratching my own itch by creating a web app [1] which lets you edit a locally saved text file. It is a simple tool with some niceties of tabbed browsing, `#tags` and `[[backlinks]]`.

Before someone in the comment asks if I have tried xyz tool and the answer is - yes I have, but I wanted a fast web app that allows local file editing and is also fun to build as a side project.

[1] https://bangle.io



You should try Typora, a markdown editor that looks really nice.https://typora.io/


+1 for Typora. I've been using it for maybe 5 years (it feels like that at least) and it hasn't let me down.

Like others, I have single file and a section for each week containing all my tasks. Then I move the unfinished ones down to the next week at the end.

It's easy to sync those files in git of course.


Ya you can do that in bangle too, plus you can have a split screen.


I just write markdown and put it in a private repo. Simplest I can do with the most of the functionalities I wanted.


just out of curiosity, why don't you want to also manager your todos from your phone? the mobile github markdown editor is pretty clunky compared to a native todo app.


Personally I only use my phone to read. Most of the non-serious stuff are fine without write. If I need to write something I would use my laptop.


Wow, this looks great -- I normally use a local plaintext file but this seems like a must-try. Will be using it this week, thanks for sharing!


This looks pretty cool. Any plans to add support for images?


You can drop images to the editor and it will automatically save in an `assets` folder in your notes directory.

Is that what you were asking for?


Looks really nice. A+




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