Your workspace is a SQLite database on your machine. Open the app, type, and
every keystroke paints in the same frame: no spinners, no server round-trips,
no account. Try it without installing anything: the full app runs in your
browser at skriuw.com/app.
- A real rich-text editor that speaks Markdown
# tags, $ people, and @ note links; renames propagate, backlinks everywhere- Automatic Git history and verified backups, in the background
- Imports from Obsidian, Notion, Bear, Apple Notes, and plain Markdown
- Keyboard-first, fast at thousands of notes, sync strictly opt-in
- Nine themes (Skriuw, Paper, Embers, Catppuccin, Rosé Pine, Gruvbox, Tokyo
Night) and sans, serif, or mono editor type
- Optional AI writing tools: invisible until enabled, local-first via Ollama,
or bring your own Gemini/Groq key
Everything else (journal, tabs, split view, flowcharts, properties, trash)
is in FEATURES.md. How it is built is in
ARCHITECTURE.md, and the speed budgets it is held to
are in docs/performance-contract.md.
Installation
The latest GitHub release
has installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux (.dmg, .exe/.msi, .deb,
.rpm, AppImage).
Debian / Ubuntu (APT)
curl -fsSL https://skriuw.github.io/packages/apt/key.gpg \
| sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/skriuw.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/skriuw.gpg] https://skriuw.github.io/packages/apt stable main" \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skriuw.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install skriuw
Fedora / RHEL / openSUSE (dnf)
sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://skriuw.github.io/packages/rpm/skriuw.repo
sudo dnf install skriuw
macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask skriuw/tap/skriuw
Windows (Scoop)
scoop bucket add skriuw https://github.com/skriuw/scoop-bucket
scoop install skriuw
Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S skriuw-bin
AUR publication is currently paused upstream, so that package can lag behind
the latest release. Winget and Snap are wired into release automation but
have no current publication; use a release asset or one of the channels above.
iPhone and Android
Not published yet. A native client exists in apps/mobile/ — the same
Rust core, the same editor, the same workspace — with notes, journal, tasks,
locked notes and end-to-end encrypted sync, but it has never been submitted to
either store and iOS has never been launched on a device. What is built, what
is measured, and what is still blocking a first TestFlight and Play
internal-track build are in
tools/packaging/mobile.
Until then, skriuw.com/app installs to a home screen
from the browser and works offline.
Privacy
Nothing syncs unless you sign in. Sync is off until you create an account
and turn it on, on desktop and in the browser alike. Until then your notes
never leave the machine they were written on: the desktop app keeps them in
local SQLite, and the browser app keeps them in your browser's own storage.
The standalone app does not send workspace content or telemetry. The marketing
site uses Vercel Web Analytics and Spoar for page views and a few click events.
The desktop app's network code is limited to the sync Worker, which runs only
while you are signed in, and the updater's version check.
The AI features follow the same rule. They are off and invisible until you
enable them in settings, and default to a local Ollama model, so prompts
never leave your machine. Remote providers (Gemini, Groq) run only with your
own API key — stored in the OS keychain, never in the database or exports —
and only after a per-provider consent that shows exactly what text is sent.
Individual notes or folders can be locked behind a PIN or passphrase.
Locked bodies are encrypted on disk and stay out of search, links, and history
until you unlock them for the session; a one-time recovery code covers a
forgotten secret (details).
Sync is end-to-end encrypted: notes, media, and archives are sealed on
your devices with a key derived from a recovery code the server never sees, so
the service only orders and stores opaque bytes
(details).
Development
Rust 1.95, Bun 1.3, Node.js 24, and the platform dependencies required by
Tauri.
./bin/setup # install dependencies, generate contracts, and check
./bin/dev desktop # also: browser | site | mobile
./bin/check # desktop gate; also: browser | mobile
./bin/build # Rust workspace; also: desktop | browser | site | ci
The repository layout, web deployment, and cloud development reference is in
docs/development.md. Contributions start at
CONTRIBUTING.md; report security issues through
SECURITY.md instead of a public issue.
Framework-independent v2 helpers live in packages/shared.
Using the previous generation
The previous generation of Skriuw (web, mobile, collaboration, self-hosting)
lives in v1-final/ and is frozen at 0.25.0. It is still installable:
# source as it shipped, before the move into v1/
git clone --branch v0.25.0 --single-branch \
https://github.com/remcostoeten/skriuw.git skriuw-v1
# self-host image, pinned to the last v1 version
docker pull ghcr.io/remcostoeten/skriuw:0.25.0
Desktop installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux are attached to the
desktop-v0.25.0 release.
The container image is no longer rebuilt; 0.25.0 is its final version.
To work on v1 in this repository instead, use v1-final/ on the current branch, or
f74af74f for the last commit that touched it before the freeze. Setup lives
in v1-final/README.md.
Thanks
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Anthropic for sponsoring six months of Claude Max through their Claude for Open Source program.
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An abandoned Svelte Markdown project that originally inspired Skriuw's UI. I can no longer find it, so if you recognize it, please get in touch so I can give proper credit.
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License
MIT
xxx,
Remco Stoeten
