Changelog

Features

• Rename notes by clicking the title in the toolbar
• Due date annotations and reminder notifications for todos
• Reminders settings for configuring notification behavior

Polish

• Strikethrough text color now renders correctly in dark mode
• Sidebar top spacing adjusted for better alignment

Bug Fixes

• Keyboard shortcuts section on the home screen no longer renders with a white background in dark mode

Bug Fixes

• Plan review no longer shows a blank editor window when the app is launched from a cold state
• Plan review no longer spawns duplicate app instances
• Plan review window stays open after submission on warm launches instead of auto-closing after 1.5s
• Plan review window enforces a minimum size to prevent invisible windows from corrupted autosaved frames
• App terminates cleanly after review-only launches once the review window is closed

Bug Fixes

• Plan review window no longer spawns new app instances on each invocation
• Plan review window enforces a minimum size to prevent invisible windows from corrupted autosaved frames

Features

• Agent review mode: review plans in a dedicated native window with inline comments and completion state.

Polish

• Mermaid diagrams: improve native rendering and fallback, with better class diagram layout and diagram expansion behavior.
• Search and sidebar styling: align search results with the sidebar look and simplify list chrome.
• Editor polish: improve scroll performance, toolbar clipping, and terrazzo rendering during animations.

Bug Fixes

• Review window theme: apply the app's light, dark, and system appearance in review mode and its completion overlay.
• Mermaid reliability: fix cases where native Mermaid could fall back too early or render with broken layout.

Bug Fixes

• Restore native sidebar chrome

Features

• Shortcuts integration: mdnb now exposes App Intents (Create Note, Open Note, Search Notes, Get Note Content, Append to Note) in Shortcuts.app and Siri

Polish

• Sidebar blends into the titlebar for a cleaner window appearance

Bug Fixes

• Fix app launch issue on clean installs
• Fix release signing and notarization reliability
• Fix App Intents not registering with the system on launch

Features

• Shortcuts integration: mdnb now exposes App Intents (Create Note, Open Note, Search Notes, Get Note Content, Append to Note) in Shortcuts.app and Siri

Polish

• Sidebar blends into the titlebar for a cleaner window appearance

Bug Fixes

• Fix app launch issue on clean installs
• Fix release signing and notarization reliability

Features

• Improved Git sync integration and settings.
• Scoped Git sync to the active vault so multi-vault workspaces sync the right repository.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Git reconnect failures that could interrupt sync.

Polish

• Improved large-vault performance by reducing sidebar hangs during load and navigation.
• Kept workspace roots in a stable alphabetical order.
• Fixed overlapping link previews when multiple previews appear together on first render.
• Moved the formatting bar above tabs and tightened editor chrome spacing.
• Improved formatting bar hover states so icons respond more clearly.

Features

• Sidebar feedback sheet for submitting feedback directly from the app

Polish

• Footer layout improvements in the sidebar
• Simplified git sync settings
• Fixed git sync for multi-root workspaces

Features

• Sidebar feedback sheet for submitting feedback directly from the app

Polish

• Footer layout improvements in the sidebar
• Simplified git sync settings
• Fixed git sync for multi-root workspaces

Bug Fixes

• Fix git sync disconnecting when workspace includes non-git folders

Polish

• Remove redundant active-root controls from General settings

Features

• Multi-root workspaces: open multiple root folders with scene-scoped state
• Notes import: import notes from external sources into your workspace

Polish

• Wider default window size
• Cleaner sidebar with hidden active root controls
• Improved git sync safety and status behavior

Bug Fixes

• Fix persistent mixed-state theme on auto appearance switch
• Fix sidebar git controls layout and sizing

Features

• Embedded Ghostty terminal: toggle an integrated terminal drawer directly inside the editor
• Formatting bar: optional toolbar with quick-access markdown formatting buttons
• Folder selection: open any folder as a vault from the sidebar

Polish

• Ghostty terminal theme syncs automatically with the active editor theme
• Nested Claude Code sessions work correctly inside the embedded terminal
• Toolbar divider adapts to detail pane on macOS 15+
• View mode picker is now opt-in via Settings
• Theme-aware sidebar highlight for selected items
• Derived index cache moved to Application Support for cleaner vault directories
• Improved launch responsiveness with deferred indexing for large vaults

Bug Fixes

• Fix properties panel push-down after height updates
• Fix sidebar freeze after large external file deletes
• Fix Ghostty terminal path quoting and font size actions

Features

• Formatting bar: optional toolbar with quick-access markdown formatting buttons

Polish

• Embedded Ghostty terminal theme syncs automatically with the active editor theme

Polish

• Moved derived index cache to Application Support for cleaner vault directories

Features

• Editor themes now available on iOS
• Git sync integration with GitHub OAuth device flow
• Large vault scaling with deferred file system indexing

Polish

• Faster launch with async loading and expanded-folder pruning
• Improved link preview rendering after editing a link
• Sync icon spinner replaces tiny ProgressView during git operations
• Optimized startup parsing hot path and expanded folder restore

Bug Fixes

• Fixed periodic UI flashes when collaboration is disabled
• Fixed inline edit restyle and marker collapse
• Fixed editor theme refresh race conditions

Polish

• Improved launch responsiveness for large vaults.

Polish

• State improvements

Bug Fixes

• Surround selection (quotes, brackets, backticks) now only wraps when text is selected. No longer auto-pairs on regular typing.

Features

• Command palette (Cmd-Shift-P) with liquid-glass design and slash commands
• Raw edit and live editor render modes: toggle between source and preview
• Editor page width controls and focus mode
• Typed frontmatter structured data support
• Cmd+D multi-select with bullet glyphs and inline formatting reflow
• Bear-style surround selection: select text and type a quote/bracket to wrap it
• Context-sensitive right-click menu with formatting and list actions
• Configurable tab size, list/blockquote continuation, and tab indent

Polish

• Improved list bullet glyphs, vertical centering, shift-tab, and formatting
• Improved multi-line formatting, list collapse timing, and dark mode checkboxes
• Improved tab indentation on list items and strikethrough handling
• Keep strikethrough markers hidden on active lines
• Hide sidebar dates only at very narrow widths
• Polish editor interactions, note creation flow, and palette surface
• Polish focus controls and settings spacing

Bug Fixes

• Fix sidebar rename field not receiving focus

Features

• Configurable note naming: Settings > General now has a "New note name" picker with presets (Untitled, Date, Date+Time, Untitled+Month-Day) and a Custom option for freeform patterns using tokens: {date}, {time}, {year}, {month}, {day}, {timestamp}

Polish

• Internal codebase refactor for better maintainability and performance

Bug Fixes

• Favoriting a note no longer adds extra spacing at the top of the editor

Features

• Smart dates in sidebar: notes show relative dates (e.g. "3:42 PM", "Yesterday", "3d ago", "Jan 15")
• Editor sliders: font size slider (12-24) and line height multiplier slider (1.0-2.0)
• Favorite notes: hover any note to reveal a star icon, favorites sort to the top and persist via frontmatter
• Sidebar toggle: Cmd+/ toggles the sidebar
• Wider sidebar: increased default width (min 180, ideal 240, max 400)

Features

• Keyboard shortcuts reference documentation

Features

• Full set of macOS keyboard shortcuts (bold, italic, headings, lists, etc.)
• Format menu in the menu bar for discovering shortcuts

Polish

• Polished properties panel with vibrancy and improved layout

Features

• Frontmatter properties panel: view and edit YAML frontmatter visually
• Tags browser: browse and filter notes by tag

Features

• Frontmatter properties panel: view and edit YAML frontmatter visually
• Tags browser: browse and filter notes by tag

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash on launch that affected some users

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash when closing mermaid diagram editor
• Fix sidebar rename and auto-naming for new notes

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash when closing mermaid diagram editor
• Fix sidebar rename and auto-naming for new notes

• Automatic update checking so you always have the latest version
• Anonymous usage analytics with opt-out in Settings

Features

• Graph view depth controls: adjust how many link hops to display

Polish

• Improved graph accessibility and badge rendering

Bug Fixes

• Telemetry opt-out now works correctly in Settings

Features

• Find bar (Cmd+F) for searching within notes
• Callout blocks with colored styling
• Graph view showing connections between linked notes

Rebuild with no functional changes.

First release of mdnb, a local-first Markdown notebook for macOS.

• Live-preview editor with cursor-aware syntax hiding
• Wikilinks, backlinks panel, and autocomplete
• Inline rendering for images, tables, checkboxes, and mermaid diagrams
• Embedded iframes and link preview cards
• Syntax highlighting for code blocks
• Nested folder sidebar with drag-and-drop
• Cmd+K quick search
• Show in Finder integration

Requires macOS 14.0+ (Apple Silicon).