Vrite Editor
Productivity
markdown editor
SHOW HN2023
460points
128comments
#63of 3,109 in 2023
Top 3%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
9 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 4 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, beautiful and user friendly design
From 2 comments
It looks beautiful and is very user friendly. Congrats!
cmer on HNNice. I have been on the lookout for a collaboration platform to keep docs + help plan dev, will give Vrite a look as well.
HeckFeck on HN
Useful for collaborative docs
From 2 comments
I've been wanting this. Like an Etherpad that feels better and works on Markdown. I'll definitely have a look!
solarkraft on HNNice. I have been on the lookout for a collaboration platform to keep docs + help plan dev, will give Vrite a look as well.
HeckFeck on HN
Objections
Markdown is meant to be plain text, so WYSIWYG contradicts it
From 2 comments
Congrats on building and shipping something! That said, from the original document about Markdown[0]: > The overriding design goal for Markdown’s formatting syntax is to make it…
Brendinooo on HNI understand the motivation behind creating a local-only WYSIWYG Markdown editor, but I can't help but feel conflicted about it. Markdown was designed to prioritize simplicity…
johnwheeler on HN
No mobile support
From 1 comment
Sorry for that. Forgot to include it in the drawbacks. I tried the editor as-is on iOS and it wasn't a good experience. All the menus (for blocks and inline) just mess with the…
arek_nawo on HN
Safari hangs or breaks styling
From 2 comments
Looks great on Chrome. It completely hangs Safari, though. Version 16.3 (17614.4.6.11.6, 17614)
CGamesPlay on HNFor me Safari seems to be working fine, except some broken styling. Will try to explore more and fix what I can.
arek_nawo on HN
Requests
Show raw Markdown syntax while editing
From 2 comments
It would be great if there was a mode that allows you to see the full markdown syntax (while still applying formatting implied by the markdown). I personally find it strange to…
Palmik on HNThanks for sharing! Looks awesome! If it’s Markdown however, in my personal opinion, it should show the Markdown syntax, too, and not hide it. E.g. the headlines should have the…
ch_sm on HN
Mermaid diagram support
From 1 comment
Haven’t used it yet, any support for Mermaid diagrams?
hhh on HN
Generic iframe embeds
From 1 comment
Neat! I write every blog post / documentation in Markdown, so I'll definitely be following your progress! Do you accept "embed" requests? I tried embedding an Iframe but it did…
nip on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Obsidian, MarkText, Typora or HackMD
From 2 comments
Skimmed the comments but didn’t see mention of : Open source — MarkText https://github.com/marktext/marktext Not open source — Typora https://typora.io/ Open source —…
d4rkp4ttern on HNI'm a bit confused about that. I have heard of but haven't really tried Obsidian. How does what you're describing differs from so-called "Markdown shortcuts" (implemented in my…
arek_nawo on HN
Does it support self-hosting
From 1 comment
I'd like to encourage you to check out Vrite as a whole. I'm actively working on this to make it better for documentation and knowledge base management. Good UI and UX are among…
arek_nawo on HN
Alternatives named
StackEdit
From 2 comments
StackEdit[0] pretty much perfected what I needed out of a markdown editor - I just need somewhere to write my tickets/docs that wasn't Github so that I could format it properly…
meesles on HNStackEdit looks really nice! Does it support concurrent edits from several users? (as several etherpad-like services do)
Reitet00 on HN
Outline
From 1 comment
Is anyone else using an internal wiki engine like Outline or Wiki.js, for their company or community? I am stuck self-hosting Outline because it has the most intuitive navigation…
MitPitt on HN
HackMD
From 1 comment
Skimmed the comments but didn’t see mention of : Open source — MarkText https://github.com/marktext/marktext Not open source — Typora https://typora.io/ Open source —…
d4rkp4ttern on HN
Typora
From 1 comment
Skimmed the comments but didn’t see mention of : Open source — MarkText https://github.com/marktext/marktext Not open source — Typora https://typora.io/ Open source —…
d4rkp4ttern on HN
MarkText
From 1 comment
Skimmed the comments but didn’t see mention of : Open source — MarkText https://github.com/marktext/marktext Not open source — Typora https://typora.io/ Open source —…
d4rkp4ttern on HN
Notion
From 1 comment