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> # Otterly: A local-first Markdown editor built in Rust (Tauri) + Svelte
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> Hi everyone, I’ve spent the last few months building Otterly, a local-first WYSIWYG markdown note-taking app. I know the world probably doesn't need "yet another" markdown editor, but I wanted to build something that felt lightweight and gave me a real-world excuse to dive into Rust (Tauri 2.0 which is lightweight compared to Electron apps such as VSCode, Obsidian etc) and Svelte 5. I tried to architect this well and follow some good code hygiene and SWE patterns.
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> The project is open source (and I did use a lot of AI assistance for this. Folks at [r/rust](/r/rust) were mad that i didn't mention about AI assistance, although there's AGENTS.md in the repo, but yeah, so here we go). It isn't trying to be an "Obsidian killer" at all. I love Obsidian and used it a lot, it's just that i wanted to try my hand at building something similar, minimal, fast and low on RAM. I am not aiming to feature bloat it, but definitely would love some ideas, feature requests. If you have a moment to look at the product, I would love some feedback and stars.
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> Thanks!
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> **Link:** https://github.com/ajkdrag/otterly
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> ## Comments
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> > **u/Cold_Cow_1285** · 7 · Feb 25, 2026
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> > This is **exactly** how people should promote a project like this.
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> > Like, don't pretend that you've built something that is going to blow all alternative solutions out of the water. Don't pretend you've invented the wheel. You built something for yourself, partly to learn, you presumably learned a ton while doing it, that is freakin awesome, it presumably works well for you, that is freakin awesome as well.
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> > Gave you a star, looks cool.
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> > > **u/ajkdrag_ · _OP_** · 3 · Feb 25, 2026
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> > > Thanks :) Would be great if you could try it out and provide feedback on any UX improvements, feature requests, etc
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> > **u/ml-research** · 3 · Feb 24, 2026
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> > Thanks for open-sourcing it!
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> > Personally, the following are must-haves for me:
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> > * Outline
> > * Inline (`$`) and block (`$$`) math equations
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> > But it looks promising, especially for a newborn open-source project!
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> > > **u/ajkdrag_ · _OP_** · 2 · Feb 24, 2026
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> > > awesome. Those 2 are also something in my roadmap! Feel free to open issue(s) for any further feature requests or UX improvements
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> > **u/kaizer1c** · 2 · Feb 25, 2026
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> > I was just thinking the world needed something like this - a rust based markdown editor that I could use to open the files in my Obsidian vault. I will try it out. Thank you for building and sharing!
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> > > **u/ajkdrag_ · _OP_** · 3 · Feb 25, 2026
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> > > sure. Let me know your experience so far. Feel free to open issues and feature requests :)
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> > **u/Educational_Web7123** · 1 · Mar 6, 2026
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> > Awesome piece of software, clean, fast, small, no bloat, no AI, no calendar, enough powefull to do it in best way!
> > nothing what can distract me from taking notes, ideas etc..
> > aaaannnndddd open source :)
> > Many thanks for that !
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> > > **u/ajkdrag_ · _OP_** · 1 · Mar 6, 2026
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> > > Glad that you liked it. Make sure to create GitHub issue in-case you come across any. The primary goal is to have a great UX, especially the editor and search experience.