Tritium
Productivity
legal document editor
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
12 positive, 29 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 39 critical, out of 85 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Idea: 6 for, 11 againstExecution: 2 for, 14 againstDesign: 0 for, 6 againstPerformance: 0 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for lawyers who want version control and better tooling
From 2 comments
I’ve been dreaming of a better contract writing tool for a while now. I’m not a lawyer but I draft insurance contracts and work with reviewing lawyers closely. As a former…
rubyfan on HN> "Finally got sick of diffing contracts in Word and emailing PDFs back and forth" this is the actual iceberg. forget ai clause generators and buzzwords, 99 percent of the pain…
b0a04gl on HN
Native app rather than Electron
From 1 comment
Really cool to see a native app instead of another Electron or browser-based tool. I'm curious what was your experience like building this in Rust? Also, how did you find working…
jenadine on HN
Objections
Web preview is slow and buggy, with broken IME and Compose keys
From 2 comments
If you want people to use it on the web: do not under any circumstances use the pure-canvas approach. You must use real DOM, or it will be an endless frustration that turns many…
chrismorgan on HNSpent 15 seconds waiting for the spinner to resolve before I gave up.
tempfile on HN
Pure canvas rendering is a poor choice for the web
From 1 comment
If you want people to use it on the web: do not under any circumstances use the pure-canvas approach. You must use real DOM, or it will be an endless frustration that turns many…
chrismorgan on HN
UI looks like VS Code, not familiar to lawyers
From 1 comment
Feedback: the UI feels like a direct reference to VSCode, which is familiar to software developers, but not to lawyers. If you're hoping this will be adopted by lawyers, I would…
brundolf on HN
Requests
Fix macOS undo shortcut and PDF rendering
From 1 comment
minor nit: cmd+z is ctrl+z in macos, which felt counter-intuitive on an editor IANAL: idk if lawyers dont do pdfs but tried some research papers and PDF rendering could use some…
tough on HN
Better demo page and onboarding
From 2 comments
Good stuff on your launch, You need a better demo page. I can't see the video, fonts are too small.
segmondy on HNIt probably wouldn't make sense to show lawyers what we do, either, but there's a kernel of truth there: the product needs some development on the onboarding.
piker on HN
Footnote reverse navigation
From 1 comment
One thought regarding footnotes. I often find myself searching in the reverse direction, i.e. I have a footnote, where is the superscript to which it belongs?. This is quite…
dtj1123 on HN
Questions
How well does it integrate with Microsoft Word and docx
From 1 comment
> My understanding working with law firms was that they are pretty bought-in to the Microsoft Office ecosystem, how well does Tritium integrate? Absolutely. Overbought. They're…
piker on HN
Does Firefox work
From 1 comment
That's not the killer feature. I'm not sure where you got that impression. It's the integrated whole which is the feature. Sorry it seems not to work on firefox, but I'll…
piker on HN
Alternatives named
Litera
From 1 comment
No, it doesn't work. I'm a long-term lawyer (and a techie), so I'm fully aware of Word's features and shortcomings. Most corporate lawyers use a product called Litera which is…
piker on HN