Over the past few years, I’ve been working on a personal project called Alexandrie, a web-based Markdown note-taking app that started as a tool I built for myself while in engineering school.

I wanted something fast, offline-friendly, and minimal, without the heaviness of tools like Notion or Obsidian — but still with enough structure and features for everyday note-taking and writing.

After a lot of iterations, I’ve just released version 8.0.0, which includes major improvements to the documentation, Docker setup, and overall performance.

Key features:

Extended Markdown syntax (snippets, instant formatting, keyboard shortcuts)

Offline-first (works even without a connection)

Categories, workspaces, and sub-doc organization

Simple Go backend + Vue/Nuxt 3 frontend

Fully open source under MIT license

Why I’m sharing this

I’m not launching a product — this is more of a community project that I’d love to keep improving with other developers. I really enjoy discussing ideas, reviewing PRs, and getting feedback from people who use or hack on similar tools.

If that sounds interesting, you can check out the repo here: https://github.com/Smaug6739/Alexandrie

There’s also a hosted demo version you can try directly in your browser. Any feedback, ideas, or suggestions are very welcome!

Thanks for reading