Mastodawn

So I'm going public with a project I've been working on: github.com/Tend-Notes/tend/. I've been disappointed at the state of note-taking tools. Too complicated, too monetized, too unstable. I set out to build a self-hosted, always free, outliner/digital garden, based on Markdown, accessible from anywhere with a browser, with optional encryption, backlinks, bullet cross referencing, etc. Very alpha, no representations or warranties, provided AS-IS. AI-assisted development. #indieweb #selfhosting

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Crawford Long

The license, for now, is MIT+Commons Clause, which is intended to prohibit monetization of the project, though I continue to review the licensing to permit maximum flexibility while protecting the project against any attempt to create barriers to its use by the community. My understanding is that this means the project is not "open source" according to FSF, and that's ok. It is intended to have restrictions to maintain it as a public good.

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Crawford Long Feb 6

This project is primarily for me, but I'm trying to build it to be viable for anyone and not TOO opinionated about what I want. Contributions and suggestions are welcome. (Code review and security review are coming up on my todo list after I get a bit more fit and finish in place.)