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Work · June 20, 2022

Productivity focused app for multitasking ninjas – Note taking in tabs

If you got any feedback, we would very very much love to hear it! - Do you like it? If yes, what do you like? - What would you pay for in the app? (even if it's missing) - Would you recommend this to your friends? Short product pitch: We call it a "productivity-focused app for multitasking ninjas." It's for notes, to-do lists, meeting agendas. With no visual smog. Smarkup helps you quickly write down new ideas while letting you stay where you are. Without breaking your focus . Power feature: Tabs Technical: It's a custom text editor with a custom CRDT collaboration engine, all from scratch.…

Productivity focused app for multitasking ninjas – Note taking in tabs launched on June 20, 2022 with 6 votes, #1,147 of 3,005 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

What it does

Smarkup is a fast, minimal markdown editor for prompts and notes. Visual and raw modes, tabs, variables, diff, command palette — local files, no cloud.

Fast. Local. Keyboard-first. A desktop markdown editor that feels like a code editor — with visual and raw modes, tabs, variables, and diff. Switch between a WYSIWYG editor powered by Tiptap and a raw CodeMirror view with ⌘ / . Per-file memory remembers the mode you used last. Multiple documents side by side with draggable tabs. Jump to any file instantly with ⌘ P . Every action, one shortcut away. Hit ⌘ K to open the command palette and go. Define and reuse {{variables}} across documents. They're highlighted, clickable, and listed in the sidebar so nothing falls through the cracks. Compare versions of a document to see exactly what changed — ideal for iterating on prompts and drafts. Crisp…from smarkup.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

If you got any feedback, we would very very much love to hear it! - Do you like it? If yes, what do you like? - What would you pay for in the app? (even if it's missing) - Would you recommend this to your friends? Short product pitch: We call it a "productivity-focused app for multitasking ninjas." It's for notes…

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