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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by k_bx on Sunday January 11, 2026 @08:21AM (#46575520)
I want cold storage encryption which is cross-platform and doesn't require FUSE and such. Current solutions are all either non-cross-platform or overkill, so I'm still using Obsidian non-encrypted. It's a matter of default and ease of use.

That said, I've checked Ferrite out – unfortunately there's a very long way to go before it becomes Obsidian-ish (left and right panel, add tabs, hide the top formatting bar), better focus on those features. If it becomes close enough – I'll implement the encryption myself :)

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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by OlaProis on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:34PM (#46579054)
Fair feedback! You're right — Ferrite isn't Obsidian-complete. Those are reasonable additions: - Left panel already exists (file tree + outline), but could use polish

- Right panel (backlinks?) would come with v0.3.0 wikilinks work

- Hiding toolbar is a quick settings addition — I'll add that to the list

What's your priority order for those? And if you do implement encryption later, I'd love to see the approach!

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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by k_bx on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:50PM (#46579898)
Main priority would be the editor itself to be similar to Obsidian (with links etc.) but maybe better, Obsidian is annoying for example when you edit a TODO list (which is 99% of the time for me), go to the beginning of the line, then press down to go to the next item -- Obsidian jumps into position between "- [ ] " and "item text", instead of staying at line beginning. Long story short, many small details to make this right.
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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by OlaProis on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:59PM (#46580008)
The TODO list cursor behavior is exactly the kind of polish detail that matters. I'll add this to the issue tracker — cursor should respect line start position, not jump past the checkbox syntax.

These "many small details" are what v0.3.0's custom editor widget will unlock. egui's TextEdit doesn't give us fine-grained cursor control, but replacing it will.

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Re:Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Me... by k_bx on Friday January 16, 2026 @03:08AM (#46644222)
Awesome, initially it looked like a quick AI-generated project but I see you care about it and plan investing the effort into it. Will be following on Github!
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