Hey HN! I always wanted a simple Markdown editor in which I could just open a file and write. Obsidian was more config than writing (tried to make it work for a long time), VS Code felt wrong for prose as it is a code editor first, Typora needs an installer. Also used Joplin for a while and quite liked it, but it ended up being too heavy for me, and Notion is in the cloud. I grew up with Internet during the dial-up era and have tinkered with stuff ever since. To me, the best software is simple, runs from a binary, and just works.

Idea brewed in my mind for the past few months which eventually led me to start building my own 'ultimate' editor, purely based on my subjective sensibilities when it comes to writing, editing, and code. This is the output: Inkwell - Single exe (11 MB), Tauri v2, vanilla JS, no framework. Drop it anywhere, run it, write. Close it, your stuff's back up (np++/notepad), quicksave, ctrl+n... there's no accounts or passwords, but it's more 'yours' then if it had. It's just made as I think it should be.

The editor is free forever, the 'business' part is the gate on the PDF/HTML exports for $19, one time purchase, including whatever I come up with in the future as well (LaTeX, maybe vim keybindings, a lot of nice options...)

First 100 licenses for the full build are free: https://4worlds.gumroad.com/l/inkwell/