Details
- Rich TipTap editor with slash commands, command palette, file tree, TOC, search, tags, and multi-vault workflows.
- Mermaid blocks render into diagrams with a focused editor, live preview, zoom, and PNG export.
- Rust-backed search, background prefetch, caching, and optimistic UI keep the editor responsive.
Why it exists
Glade is built around a simple constraint: notes should remain plain markdown files that can survive outside the app. The product work is in making that constraint feel polished instead of austere.
Product shape
The workspace combines a file tree, editor, table of contents, search, tags, and command palette without hiding the underlying folder structure. Mermaid support is treated as a first-class writing workflow, with editing, preview, zoom, and export in one place.
Engineering focus
The app leans on Rust where local performance matters and keeps the UI optimistic where users expect instant feedback. The interesting work is less about adding features and more about making a local desktop app feel calm under heavy note-taking habits.