# Show HN: Mib – A 300KiB Vim-Style Markdown Scratchpad for Linux / Wayland

> Source: <https://github.com/osigurdson/mib>
> Published: 2026-11-11 18:33:24+00:00

I tend to make a lot of scratch notes as a way to help me think. These usually don't last very long and what does survive usually ends up in a git repo, a wiki or (most often) just gets thrown away.

I was using Obsidian for this, but gosh, 4 or 5 Electron processes just for throwaway notes seemed like overkill. Neovim is a better fit but I like it just the way it is for coding and didn't want to install any image plug-ins for that.

mib is a bit like a basic Vim editor, with a few Obsidian features cherry-picked and a workflow optimized around scratch notes (with just 9 glorious pages - no files or folders to organize).

It's called "mib" because it is, and always will be under 1MiB (currently < 300KiB). Its a fully local, native app that is smaller than some JavaScript frameworks.

Disclosure: I still write a lot of code by hand but this project is 100% AI generated (Claude and Codex). I was a tough taskmaster though - we worked through a lot of approaches to arrive at something this small.

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