Fulvid is an open-source, filesystem-first desktop editor designed for seamless local editing of Markdown and MDX files without proprietary vaults or cloud sync dependencies.
Fulvid is an open-source standalone desktop editor for Linux, Windows, and macOS built on the lightweight Electrobun runtime alongside Bun and Vite. Operating directly on local directories and files rather than inside a proprietary database or cloud workspace, Fulvid keeps notes immediately accessible to git, static site generators, and external LLM workflows. Notably, it treats MDX files strictly as source code rather than mounting an active React runtime, allowing fast, secure editing with split-pane inert HTML previews. The application also provides folder-level search, document linking (supporting both standard Markdown and Wikilinks), graph visualization, session-only line annotations, and a sandboxed local extension architecture.
While personal knowledge management tools increasingly lock users into proprietary sync clouds and heavy Electron runtimes, Fulvid takes a refreshingly pragmatic stance by treating Markdown and MDX as pure, portable filesystem assets.
- –**Safe, compile-free MDX editing**: By treating MDX as text rather than mounting live React trees, Fulvid avoids runtime crashes and execution vulnerabilities while working with component documentation.
- –**Electrobun architecture**: Leveraging Electrobun and Bun instead of standard Electron significantly reduces resource overhead and aligns with modern TypeScript desktop development.
- –**True data sovereignty**: Notes remain ordinary files on disk, ensuring frictionless interoperability with version control, command-line utilities, and local LLM context ingestion pipelines.
- –**Focused feature set**: Essential developer conveniences like link graphs, Quick Open, and inert HTML previews are included without the bloat of complex plugin stores or vendor lock-in.
DISCOVERED
1h ago
2026-09-22
PUBLISHED
7h ago
2026-09-22
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AUTHOR
Manuel Gil