rbbydotdev/opal
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A git enabled local-first browser-first markdown workspace wysiwyg editor and publisher. Built with mdx-editor, code mirror 6, react, shadcn and typescript
9 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 1 story, 8 comments · first 2025-12-15 · latest 2026-05-18
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…static publishing, version control, local first, no backend required, free, open and no sign ups: https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal
comment by rbbydotdev · 2026-05-18 · in Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian -
Opal: Browser first feature-rich markdown editor, workspace and publisher - https://opaledx.com - https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal No logins or sign-ups, totally free, MIT Open Source Integrates with git and github, publishes to aws,…
comment by rbbydotdev · 2026-05-11 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026) -
…obviously everything couples nicely with agents. Something I did in my markdown editor project: https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal Have half a mind to release a browser kit which unifies the file tree explorer and virtual file apis and…
comment by rbbydotdev · 2026-02-26 · in Just-bash: Bash for Agents -
…Built with mdx-editor, code mirror 6, react, shadcn and typescript free, open source, MIT https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal
comment by rbbydotdev · 2026-02-09 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026) -
…opal editor myself, a local first open source free markdown editor with these same principles, https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal
comment by rbbydotdev · 2026-01-30 · in Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer -
…Can use in browser storage or mount a local directory You might even say a Obsidian alternative https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal https://opaledx.com/docs
comment by rbbydotdev · 2026-01-12 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026) -
…cloudflare netlify. Cheating the server less bit of it by using CORS proxies https://opaledx.com https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal MIT and open source no documentation yet. But coming very soon
comment by rbbydotdev · 2026-01-03 · in Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere -
https://opaledx.com / https://github.com/rbbydotdev/opal open source browser first server-less markdown document workspace and publisher, contending to be a free obsidian alternative storage is done in indexeddb or it can utilize opfs to…
comment by rbbydotdev · 2025-12-15 · in Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)