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Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases

https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria
49•lucaronin•1h ago
Hey there! I am Luca, I write https://refactoring.fm/ and I built Tolaria for myself to manage my own knowledge base (10K notes, 300+ articles written in over 6 years of newslettering) and work well with AI.

Tolaria is offline-first, file-based, has first-class support for git, and has strong opinions about how you should organize notes (types, relationships, etc).

Let me know your thoughts!

Comments

subdomain•1h ago
I run a newsletter too, so this is cool to see! Not sure if I need it yet (my "knowledge base" is still pretty small), but I'll definitely keep it in mind for the future.
jryio•1h ago
Just another disposable piece of software maintained by a single person that does 80% of what other apps do but worse.

Max lifespan 2 years

qsort•1h ago
But if they ever choose to decommission it, they have the chance to do the funniest thing:

https://scryfall.com/card/plst/INV-156/obliterate

rglover•1h ago
Please cut this out. You really don't want to live in a world where individuals are discouraged from trying to build things that are good.

If you want something to stick around: you have to use and pay for it.

SpyCoder77•1h ago
Some people...
antonkochubey•1h ago
Doesn’t Obsidian already do pretty much the same?
hoppyhoppy2•1h ago
>open-source
jimmcslim•1h ago
And I was going to say Mac native as well, but uses Tauri. I’d love some app with the polish of Bear Notes but that just edited raw Markdown files. Ideally Obsidian with the Notebook Navigator plugin (strongly inspired by Bear Notes perhaps?) and (checks list) this very specific list of plugins that I need and should be good for everyone else thanks.
bovermyer•45m ago
Zettlr would like a word.
jryio•35m ago
Exactly - cooperation is not incentivized properly
r0bbie•1h ago
Super nice! I've ended up settling on Logseq for note-taking for a while now, but never loved the UI.

This is clean and love the git-backed approach. Would love to see a dark mode too!

Pym•1h ago
Wow thanks!

Better than the one I was planning to build for myself.

Love the UI. Love the fact that the app was made with Tauri.

Nice work, will share!

redaantar•42m ago
That’s awesome! I’m a huge fan of projects like that. I recently launched ckourse.com (open-source) to help manage downloaded courses. Combining tolaria and Ckourse will give a smooth learning experience. Thanks for the tool.
bovermyer•42m ago
I'm glad you've built something that works for you! Keep at it. Experiment, don't just leave it the same way it is now.
kskzjsjdjw•13m ago
A freaking web app?

Boo. Boooooooooo. Thanks but no thanks.

droidjj•6m ago
At least it's Tauri!
SpyCoder77•8m ago
As I was scrolling down the page I was like "what if I wanted to use a notion-style editor instead of markdown" and my requests were instantly met
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