Writ
The only
text
app you need
Writ opens any text file and searches every file in its folder. A Markdown file renders inline as you type.
v0.5.0 · macOS 12+ · Windows 10+ · Linux · 28 MB
Any file
A .txt, a log, a config or a Markdown file opens from your file manager or the writ command and saves back to its own path.
Markdown, inline
Headings, lists, links and checkboxes render in place, and the line you are editing shows its markup.
Search
One query matches file names and the text inside them.
Apps
Connections, the graph, tags, chat, rewriting and connected programs are switches in Settings, and each adds nothing to the window until it is on.
Graph
The graph draws each Markdown file in the folder as a dot and each link between two of them as a line, with a color per top-level folder. Typing a name lights the files that match, and clicking one opens it.
Earlier versions
Writ keeps a version of a file in its folder each time it is saved, for up to 30 days, stored outside that folder. Revert To, in the File menu, lists them and restores the one you pick.
Download
brew trust ibrahemid/writ && brew install --cask ibrahemid/writ/writ winget install -e --id ibrahemid.Writ yay -S writ-bin Until Chat or Rewrite is on, Writ contacts only GitHub, to check for updates and to download one you install, and the automatic check can be turned off (privacy).