Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering

Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by tomtom1337 on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:48AM (#46573801)

You need something "more" on the website before you ask people to create an account. "Team workspace that stays fast" isn’t clear enough for me, at least. What is a workspace? What does the interface look like? Is it in the browser? Is it an app?

People will go "what is this?", "huh, I’m not gonna make a user for this, can’t tell what it is". Those are my 2 cents.

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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by kirubakaran on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:55AM (#46573823)

Thanks, I'll fix that.

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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by lenova on Sunday January 11, 2026 @12:22PM (#46577596)

+1 to that. As a user, I am tired of having to sign up for an account on a SaaS website or installing an app from Github, only to realize the UI isn't a good fit for me. This will usually result in me bouncing from the app website instead of trying it out.

Suggestion: have a non-login demo available on your website, and high-res screenshots/animed gif of the app in action on your Github repo.

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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by kirubakaran on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:11AM (#46598770)

Thanks to your feedback, I've added a non-login demo! https://hyperclast.com/demo/

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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by lenova on Thursday January 15, 2026 @02:13PM (#46637596)

Thanks for being receptive to the feedback :-) I actually checked out your demo now because it didn't require a login, and was impressed by what I saw. Nice work here!

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