Lit is a local-first notetaker and knowledge graph manager. Your notes live as plain Markdown files on disk — no proprietary format, no cloud lock-in.
Built with Rust and React. Keyboard-driven, fast startup, low memory. Offline-first.
Built-in mindmap and knowledge graph views.
@md_handbook (Con't) Some config you can put in:
```json
{
"workbench.darkMode": "auto",
"workbench.sideBar.location": "left",
"editor.folding.enabled": true,
"editor.folding.showFoldingControls": "mouseover"
}
```
Save the file and Lit picks them up automatically, no restart needed.
I will create a preference setup UI (like VSCode, Obsidian etc.) in the next release soon.
@md_handbook Ahh, I see the problem. Currently, Lit opens preferences as a `preferences.json` file using your system's default handler/app for `.json` files -- so whatever macos app has associated with JSON (the "previously downloaded app" you're seeing) is whatever launches.
You can work around this by opening the file `~/Library/Application Support/com.lit.app/preferences.json` directly in any text editor.
@md_handbook I have set up an Apple developer certificate. I have re-built the app with a valid Apple code-signing and notarization.
I uploaded it as a new release (v0.3.0) to the https://lit.solar. Please download and try again.
Hope you enjoy the app!
@md_handbook thanks for reporting this! And sorry about the frustration...
This happens because the app isn't yet signed with an Apple developer certificate. Without it, macOS flags the app as untrusted. The downloaded file is not actually damaged. I am working on this with Apple and will release a new signed copy soon.
For now, you can work around it by running this in Terminal (please adjust the path ):
`xattr -cr ~/Downloads/Lit.app`
Stay tuned for a new signed copy soon.
I wanted a note-taker that stayed out of the way. Plain files, fast startup, no cloud required. So I built one.
Lit reads and writes markdown in a folder you choose. Rust backend, native webview — opens in under a second.
Bidirectional links and a knowledge graph emerge from your writing, not from configuration.
Free to evaluate.
