Fsnotes

Features

Markdown Editors - Provides a cross-platform desktop application for editing and rendering markdown files.
Bidirectional Link Resolution - Implements double-bracket syntax to create bidirectional links between markdown documents.
Markdown Note Managers - Provides a dedicated system for organizing, tagging, and linking markdown notes across platforms.
Bidirectional Linking - Supports two-way references between notes to build a networked personal knowledge base.
File-based Storage - Manages note collections as a directory of local plain-text files instead of using a database.
Technical Content Renderers - Renders markdown content combined with mathematical formulas, diagrams, and syntax-highlighted code.
Encrypted Knowledge Bases - Provides a secure, encrypted environment for managing a personal knowledge base of notes.
Plain-Text Persistence - Organizes notes as a collection of plain-text files in a directory hierarchy for maximum portability.
Document Encryption - Protects individual notes and folders using document-level encryption to ensure data privacy.
Encrypted Notebooks - Ships as an encrypted plain text notebook to protect sensitive content and folders.
Cloud-Synced Managers - Functions as a document manager that utilizes cloud services for cross-device consistency.
Cross-Device Synchronization - Mirrors note data and state across multiple hardware devices via cloud services.
External Editor Integrations - Allows editing notes in third-party text editors while keeping the primary manager updated.
File-System Mirroring - Provides synchronization of local notes across devices using external cloud storage services.
Git-Based Repositories - Employs Git to maintain a detailed change history and create backups of the note repository.
Git-Based - Uses Git to track modifications and maintain a versioned history of the document repository.
File System Monitors - Watches the local file system in real time to update the view when files are edited externally.
Note Taking - File-system based notes manager for macOS.

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