Lilo 0.2.1

Warning

Lilo is still under active development. Although this release passed automated checks, bugs may remain and some functionality may behave differently or fail on particular systems, desktop environments or vaults. Keep a current vault backup and report reproducible problems through GitHub Issues.

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.2.1

Lilo 0.2.0

Warning

Lilo is still under active development. Although this release passed automated checks, bugs may remain and some functionality may behave differently or fail on particular systems, desktop environments or vaults. Keep a current vault backup and report reproducible problems through GitHub Issues.

Lilo 0.2.0 brings the Daily Workflow preview into a more complete local knowledge workflow while keeping notes as ordinary Markdown files and settings as JSON.

Highlights

• Daily Notes, reusable templates, Quick Capture and a keyboard-first Command Palette.
• Hierarchical tags, tag usage counts, vault-wide tag renaming and structured saved searches.
• Image paste, drag-and-drop attachments, collision-safe imports and inline local image rendering.
• Back/forward navigation, heading-aware wiki links, unresolved-link discovery and safer link updates after renaming notes.
• Backup-aware vault-wide edits, Trash, rotating backups, diagnostics and vault export.
• Optional system-wide Quick Capture shortcut on Windows; Linux retains the in-app shortcut.

Downloads

• Lilo-0.2.0-windows-x64-setup.exe — per-user Windows installer.
• Lilo-0.2.0-windows-x64.zip — portable Windows build.
• Lilo-0.2.0-ubuntu-22.04-x86_64.tar.gz — Ubuntu 22.04 or newer.
• Lilo-0.2.0-arch-x86_64.tar.gz — current Arch Linux.
• Use the matching .sha256 file to verify each download.

Verification

• 89 automated tests passed on Windows.
• 90 automated tests passed on Arch Linux and Ubuntu 22.04.
• Strict Clippy checks passed on Windows and Linux.
• The Ubuntu release completed a headless GUI startup smoke-test.

Current limitations

Lilo does not yet include automatic updates, code signing, native Linux packages, a system-wide Linux capture hotkey or an official macOS build. Windows SmartScreen may warn about the unsigned installer. See the full changelog for all changes.

Lilo is non-commercial source-available software under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.

Lilo 0.1.9 — Daily Workflow Preview

Lilo 0.1.9 is the Daily Workflow Preview: a major feature update that turns the compact Markdown widget into a keyboard-first everyday workspace.

Highlights

• Daily Notes with configurable folders, portable date formats, and Yesterday / Today / Tomorrow navigation.
• Quick Capture to today's note, Inbox, or a new timestamped note.
• Declarative Markdown templates with date, time, title, adjacent-day, and cursor variables.
• A fuzzy Command Palette covering note, navigation, layout, daily, and vault actions.
• Structured search with tag:, path:, link:, and title: operators.
• Expanded workspace with Explorer, contextual Inspector, heading outline, editor metrics, and Zen mode.
• Native application branding and a redesigned README with current screenshots.

Downloads

• Windows installer: Lilo-0.1.9-windows-x64-setup.exe
• Windows portable: Lilo-0.1.9-windows-x64.zip
• Ubuntu 22.04+: Lilo-0.1.9-ubuntu-22.04-x86_64.tar.gz
• Arch Linux: Lilo-0.1.9-arch-x86_64.tar.gz

Every package has a matching .sha256 file. Windows binaries are not code-signed; Linux downloads are portable archives rather than native distribution packages.

Compatibility

Existing Markdown vaults remain compatible. New settings use automatic defaults when an older settings.json is loaded. Templates and Daily Notes remain ordinary files inside the vault.

See CHANGELOG.md, README.md, and RELEASE.md for the complete feature and installation documentation.

Lilo 0.1.1 — Cross-platform Stable MVP

Lilo 0.1.1 is the cross-platform Stable MVP maintenance release. It keeps the existing Markdown vault and settings formats while making Windows and Linux first-class release targets.

Highlights

• Added tested x86-64 binaries for Ubuntu 22.04+ and current Arch Linux.
• Added native Linux folder opening and XDG user autostart.
• Kept native Windows folder opening and per-user registry autostart.
• Added a per-user Windows installer alongside the portable ZIP.
• Split the large application module out of main.rs and isolated OS integration in platform.rs.
• Added Windows and Ubuntu CI for formatting, tests and Clippy.
• Expanded the development roadmap through 0.2.5.

Downloads

• Windows installer: Lilo-0.1.1-windows-x64-setup.exe
• Windows portable: Lilo-0.1.1-windows-x64.zip
• Ubuntu 22.04+: Lilo-0.1.1-ubuntu-22.04-x86_64.tar.gz
• Arch Linux: Lilo-0.1.1-arch-x86_64.tar.gz

Each package has a matching .sha256 file. Windows binaries are not code-signed, and Linux archives are manually installed rather than native distribution packages.

Compatibility

No Markdown note, YAML frontmatter, vault or settings format changed in this release. Existing 0.1.0 vaults remain compatible.

See CHANGELOG.md and RELEASE.md for the complete change list and installation guidance.

Lilo 0.1.0 Stable MVP

Lilo 0.1.0 is the Stable MVP release.

Highlights:

• adaptive icon-based interface and keyboard navigation;
• improved live Markdown editing and large-note performance;
• stable knowledge graph with filters, tags, aliases and density controls;
• backup browser, Trash recovery, diagnostics and external-change conflict review;
• Markdown import, vault export and immediate vault switching;
• repeatable Windows packaging with a SHA-256 checksum.

Download the Windows ZIP, optionally verify it with the attached .sha256 file, extract it and run Lilo.exe. The binary is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning.

See CHANGELOG.md and RELEASE.md inside the archive for details.

Lilo 0.0.1 MVP

Lilo 0.0.1 is the first public functional MVP.

Included in this release:

• Markdown notes with YAML metadata and nested folders
• live Markdown editing with wiki links and backlinks
• local, folder, global, and overlay knowledge graphs
• search, sorting, pinned notes, Trash, and restoration
• automatic saving, rotating backups, and external-change conflict protection
• basic appearance, shortcut, storage, always-on-top, and Windows autostart settings

This release prioritizes the working foundation over visual polish. The interface is still early, several controls are temporary, and no installer or signed binary is provided yet. See ROADMAP.md for the planned direction.