Projects sharing features with NovelWriter

Grav is a flat-file content management system that eliminates the need for a traditional database by storing site content and configuration in human-readable Markdown and YAML files. Built as a modular PHP web framework, it uses a hierarchical page routing system where the physical directory structure directly determines the site's URL paths. The platform is distinguished by its event-driven plugin architecture and a command-line interface that prioritizes system administration, deployment, and maintenance tasks. It utilizes a blueprint-driven system to generate administrative forms from stru

DokuWiki is an open-source wiki engine and collaborative knowledge base designed for creating and organizing documentation through a web-based multi-user editing system. It operates as a flat-file wiki, storing pages as plain text files rather than utilizing a relational database. The software provides a shared workspace for collaborative knowledge management, facilitating the creation of internal company wikis, project documentation workflows, and shared documentation hosting. The system implements a namespace-based directory hierarchy and access control lists to manage user permissions. It

NX_Firmware is a binary repository manager and firmware distribution server designed to store and serve versioned system update files to hardware devices. It functions as a stateless file host that organizes compiled firmware binaries in a structured directory for automated retrieval via a REST API. The system maps specific firmware builds to compatible hardware revisions using schema-based metadata. It utilizes a flat-file asset hosting model, serving binary blobs directly from the filesystem to avoid the overhead of a database management system. The server handles hardware version control

todo.txt-cli is a terminal-based productivity system and command-line interface for managing task lists stored in plain-text formats. It serves as a text-file workflow automator that organizes work using simple text files and markers for priorities, projects, and contexts. The tool enables the automation of task workflows through the execution of external shell scripts and custom actions. It supports a minimalist workflow by allowing users to filter, edit, and archive tasks without leaving the terminal. Its capabilities cover the full task lifecycle, including entry creation, prioritization,

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Notes is a terminal-based utility for managing personal knowledge bases through plain-text files. It functions as a command-line manager that organizes information directly on the local filesystem, ensuring data portability and preventing reliance on proprietary formats. The tool integrates with standard shell workflows by leveraging Unix-style design principles, such as accepting piped data streams and delegating text editing to the user's preferred system editor. By storing content as standard files within a directory structure, it allows users to perform file management, search, and organi

This project is a public health data repository and open government data archive. It provides structured historical records, daily updates on infection trends, and official epidemiological statistics for pandemic monitoring. The resource includes geospatial health data, such as standardized mapping files and administrative boundary data used to visualize regional health restrictions and emergency measures. It also serves as a monitor for public health spending by publishing records of government supply contracts related to emergency health responses. The system utilizes a decoupled data dist

Ghostwriter is a distraction-free markdown text editor and document processor. It provides a focused writing environment for composing documents using markdown syntax, separating the drafting process from final formatting. The application features a minimalist interface designed to minimize visual clutter, including the ability to disable deletion keys to enforce a forward-only drafting flow. It includes a live statistics dashboard for tracking word counts and session metrics, as well as visual highlighting that fades non-active text to focus attention on the current line, sentence, or paragr

This project is a git-based static site generator and flat-file content management system. It functions as a markdown blog engine that converts plain text files from a version-controlled repository into structured web pages. The system utilizes a git-based blogging workflow to track and manage content changes through commits and pull requests. This approach replaces traditional relational databases with flat-file content storage to manage website posts. The engine covers static site generation and markdown-based authoring to transform source text into HTML. It incorporates a git-driven deplo

Fisher is a plugin manager and shell extension manager specifically for the Fish shell. It provides a system for installing, updating, and removing plugins, themes, functions, and completion scripts. The tool uses a flat-file state persistence method to track installed extensions in a plain text file, which enables the synchronization of shell environments across different systems using version control. It covers the full lifecycle of shell extensions, including the discovery of installed plugins, the installation of packages from remote repositories, and the development of distributable she

Zenpen is a browser-based text editor designed as a minimalist writing tool. It provides a distraction-free environment for composing and formatting plain text using Markdown syntax. The editor removes visual clutter and complex menus, replacing them with a streamlined interface to maintain creative flow. Formatting options for bold, italics, and hyperlinks are provided through a contextual menu that appears only when text is selected. Content is persisted locally using browser storage, allowing users to save their writing progress without requiring a remote account.

This project is a static site forum archive and housing market dataset. It serves as a read-only repository of preserved community discussions focused on residential property pricing and real estate trends, stored as a collection of Markdown files to ensure long-term data preservation and portability. The system functions as a web content preservation tool that converts historical forum threads into pre-rendered HTML files for serverless access. This approach organizes forum content archiving and housing market analysis into a permanent digital format to prevent data loss. The archive is bui

Taskwarrior is a command-line task manager that lets you create, modify, filter, and complete to-do items directly from the terminal. It stores all tasks in a single plain-text file for portability and manual editing, and includes a custom expression language for selecting tasks by status, priority, tags, and date ranges. The tool distinguishes itself through several integrated capabilities. It computes a numeric urgency score for each task based on weighted factors like age, tags, and due date to determine ordering. A recurrence template engine generates new task instances from a template af

Bolt is a flat-file content management system that stores site data in structured text files on disk instead of a relational database. It functions as a tool for creating and organizing digital content and site structures through a lightweight administrative interface. The system uses YAML-based data serialization to define content and configuration in human-readable files, facilitating version control and portable exports. It includes a digital asset manager for organizing files and directories, as well as a cryptographic utility for generating time-limited signed URLs to protect private fil

This project is a curated repository of technical learning materials and a personal knowledge base. It consists of version-controlled Markdown summaries covering software architecture, engineering literature, research papers, and professional talks. The collection functions as a digital garden, using bidirectional linking and cross-references to map relationships between technical concepts. Content is distilled from various sources, including technical books, conference talks, and foundational computer science papers, into concise summaries to facilitate recall and study. The system is organ

This project is a minimalist visual theme and customizable CSS framework for Obsidian. It functions as a markdown layout engine and an adaptive user interface designed to remove interface clutter and create a distraction-free writing environment. The theme distinguishes itself through layout transformations that convert standard markdown tables and lists into card-based grids and visual galleries. It provides a system for transforming structured data into scannable visual representations and organizes consecutive images into column-based grids. The framework covers comprehensive interface ae

The configuration-as-code plugin for Jenkins translates automation server settings and plugin parameters into human-readable YAML files, enabling reproducible server environments and version-controlled infrastructure management. It replaces manual web interface setup tasks with declarative text-based definitions for administrative settings, authentication backends, and access control. The system features dynamic data-binding capabilities that map text definitions directly to component properties using reflection and type inspection, alongside dynamic schema generation that produces validation

fsnotes is a markdown notes manager and cross-platform markdown editor for macOS and iOS. It functions as a personal knowledge base that organizes plain text and markdown files across folders using tags and bidirectional links. The system provides a secure environment through an encrypted plain text notebook that protects individual notes and folders. It implements Git-based note versioning to track document changes and maintain backups, while relying on external cloud storage services to synchronize files across devices. The application renders mathematical formulas, diagrams, and syntax-hi

This project is a public transparency log of copyright takedown and counter-notices. It functions as a redacted copyright registry, maintaining a chronological record of legal enforcement requests received by a hosting platform. The archive utilizes a flat-file data model, storing notices as plain-text files within a directory hierarchy. A distributed version control system provides a permanent audit trail and version history for all archived legal notices. The system focuses on digital rights monitoring and copyright enforcement transparency by removing personally identifiable information f

Novel-Plus is a content management system and online reading platform designed for hosting, managing, and distributing web novels across PC and mobile web interfaces. It provides a comprehensive environment for web novel publishing, featuring a multi-platform reader with bookshelves, customizable themes, and community commenting systems. The platform integrates an automated content crawler to gather and update literary data from external remote sources and employs a scalable text storage system using database sharding and flat files to handle large volumes of content. It also includes an inte

jrnl is a command-line journaling tool used for recording dated entries and managing personal journals directly from a terminal. It functions as an encrypted plain-text journal system that protects private entries through encryption and integration with native system keychains. The project includes a calendar-based activity tracker that visualizes entry frequency and patterns using a heatmap layout. It also serves as a data utility for exporting journal entries into formats such as Markdown, JSON, YAML, and XML. The system supports multi-journal management for different life areas and provid

This project is a metadata query engine and indexer for markdown files, designed to transform YAML frontmatter and inline fields into dynamic tables and lists. It provides a background process that extracts tags and custom fields into a searchable database, enabling the automated indexing of notes. The system is distinguished by its dual approach to data retrieval: a dedicated query language for SQL-like filtering and grouping, and a JavaScript data API. This API allows for programmatic metadata extraction and the creation of custom views and extensions using TypeScript typings. Its broader

This project is a public health dataset providing historical and real-time COVID-19 case and death counts across the United States. It consists of a collection of CSV files containing time-series pandemic data organized by date, state, and county. The dataset includes specialized records for institutional outbreaks, tracking infection and death rates within correctional facilities, colleges, and universities. It also provides statistics on excess mortality to estimate total pandemic impact and survey-based data on mask usage prevalence across different counties. To facilitate geographic anal

Blossom is a self-hosted, containerized note-taking application designed for private knowledge management. It functions as a centralized repository for personal documentation, allowing users to maintain full ownership of their data by hosting the platform on their own server infrastructure. The application centers on a markdown-based productivity workflow that synchronizes plain-text files across multiple devices. By utilizing a local-first state management model, it ensures immediate interaction with files while asynchronously reconciling changes through a private server backend. This approa

EasyImages2.0 is a self-hosted, database-less image hosting platform. It stores files directly on the server and generates shareable links without requiring a relational database, utilizing flat-file metadata storage and filesystem-based content mapping. The platform includes a centralized web management interface for organizing uploaded media and monitoring site statistics. It features an integrated image processing gateway that automatically resizes, compresses, and converts image formats during the upload process, and can apply custom watermarks to protect ownership. Additional capabiliti

Statamic is a content management system built on Laravel that utilizes a flat-file storage approach instead of a traditional relational database. It functions as a customizable administrative framework for managing site content and developing custom backend addons. The system stores website data in files and integrates with Git for versioning, allowing content changes to be tracked and rolled back through a repository. It employs a templating engine to transform structured data into dynamic HTML layouts for front-end rendering. The platform includes a control panel built as a single-page app

Shaarli is a self-hosted bookmark manager and knowledge base designed for organizing web links and notes in a private, searchable library. It functions as a flat-file content platform, storing information in structured text files rather than requiring an external database management system. The system emphasizes data portability and content distribution, providing tools for archiving bookmarks in portable formats and generating RSS and Atom feeds for digital content syndication. It also includes utilities for removing tracking parameters from URLs and creating public permalinks for curated li