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Fylepad – Thoughtful, secure, and intelligent writing

Fylepad, a privacy-first intelligent writing workspace for note-taking and personal knowledge management, has been released. The app features rich text, Markdown, diagrams, and on-demand AI in a compact ~10 MB package, available for download from its GitHub Releases page.

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Fylepad – Thoughtful, secure, and intelligent writing
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fylepad

is a privacy-first intelligent writing workspace for note-taking and personal knowledge management. Rich text, Markdown, diagrams, and on-demand AI in a ~10 MB app.

Download the latest version for your platform from the Releases

page. You can also use the web version.

Important

Since the application is currently unsigned, macOS users may need to run.

 xattr -c fylepad_aarch64.app

Warning

Node.js 18+

, pnpm

and Rust

toolchain (for desktop development) are needed.

  • Install dependencies
pnpm install
  • Run the application
pnpm dev

pnpm tauri dev

Tip

The backend is not required for normal development.

You only need backend services and environment variables if you want to test cloud sync, authentication, and server-side AI features.

Note

You can clone the backend repo.

  • Run the backend server and these credentials in the .env

of frontend repo.

VITE_AI_BACKEND_API=
VITE_BACKEND_API=

The previous version v3

has been deprecated. Source code remains available in the v3-legacy

branch.

MIT

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