Graph Notes

A local-first, graph-based note-taking app built with Tauri, React, and Rust. Think Obsidian meets Roam — your notes live as plain Markdown files on disk, connected by [[wikilinks]] and visualized as an interactive knowledge graph.

Features

Core Editing

• Rich contenteditable editor with inline Markdown styling
• [[Wikilink]] autocomplete with note creation on the fly
• Slash commands, heading folding, split-pane editing
• Tabbed editor with drag-reorder

Knowledge Graph

• Force-directed graph visualization with semantic zoom
• Graph filtering, focus mode, orphan detection
• Local backlink graph and analytics dashboard

Organization

• Sidebar file tree with drag-and-drop, folders, favorites, pinning
• Full-text search, command palette (⌘K), tags
• Calendar view, timeline view, kanban board

Advanced

• Frontmatter properties panel and database views (table/gallery/list)
• Dataview queries — inline TABLE ... SORT ... blocks
• Canvas whiteboard for freeform visual thinking
• Spaced repetition flashcards (SM-2 scheduling)
• Note encryption (AES-256-GCM with Argon2 key derivation)
• Git sync (commit/push/pull panel)
• Version history with inline diff viewer

Customization

• 5 built-in themes with live preview
• Custom CSS snippets editor
• Configurable keyboard shortcuts
• Workspace layouts (save/restore window arrangements)

Import / Export

• Export vault as ZIP, individual notes as HTML or PDF
• Import Markdown folders from Obsidian, Notion, etc.

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Desktop shell	Tauri v2
Frontend	React 19, TypeScript, Vite
Backend	Rust (filesystem, search, encryption, graph)
Styling	Tailwind CSS 4 + custom design tokens
Graph engine	@blinksgg/canvas, d3-force, graphology

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode (starts both Vite dev server and Tauri)
npm run tauri dev

# Build for production
npm run tauri build

Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥ 18
• Rust toolchain
• Tauri v2 prerequisites

Project Structure

├── src/                  # React frontend
│   ├── components/       # 33 UI components
│   ├── lib/              # Commands, frontmatter, wikilinks, note cache
│   └── index.css         # Design system (tokens, component styles)
├── src-tauri/            # Rust backend
│   └── src/lib.rs        # Tauri commands (notes, graph, search, encryption, git)
├── vault/                # Default vault directory (gitignored)
└── package.json

License

MIT