Railnote 0.1.4

Ask can now write. Tick Can edit notes under the Ask box (⌘J) and tell your agent what to write: "make a note listing this week's tasks", "add a summary to the top of this note". While it works, Ask shows what it's doing ("Reading math.md", "Editing Linear.md") and for how long. When it's done, every note it made, changed or deleted is listed under the answer, each with its own Undo. Version history keeps the earlier text too. The box stays unticked until you tick it.

Ask has its own button in the sidebar, next to Graph.

Notes render more like you wrote them

• <details> blocks and other HTML render in the note, including inside list items.
• A heading right after a </details> line is a heading again.
• Code blocks hide their ``` fences until you click into them, with a small label for the language.
• .mdx files open as notes.

Other files

• Text and code files (.txt, .py, .json, .yaml and the like) open in Railnote with highlighting instead of in another app.
• Images, PDFs and other attachments are hidden from the file list by default. A "Show attachments" line at the bottom of the list, with how many there are, brings them back.

Smaller things

• File > Open Vault… (⌥⌘O), or "Open another vault…" in the command palette, switches vaults without going through Settings.
• History and Organize buttons are easier to see.
• The title box on a note no longer grows to fill the page.

Mac and Windows update themselves from 0.1.3. On Linux, download the new AppImage or .deb below.

The Windows installer is still unsigned, so Windows may say it "protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.

Railnote 0.1.3

Sync with GitHub. On a computer, a vault can now sync through a GitHub repository instead of a sync server. Open Settings, then Sync, then GitHub:

• Enter you/notes or the repository's address. If the GitHub CLI is signed in (gh auth login), you can leave it empty and Railnote makes a private repository named after the vault.
• Railnote commits a couple of seconds after each change, pulls every half minute, and pushes with the git login you already have. No new account, no passphrase.
• If two computers change the same note, yours stays and the other's text sits beside it as a conflict copy. An edit wins over a delete.
• Version history and the trash stay on each computer. Notes in the repository aren't encrypted, so keep it private.

Phones still sync through a sync server.

Mac and Windows update themselves from 0.1.2. On Linux, download the new AppImage or .deb below.

The Windows installer is still unsigned, so Windows may say it "protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.

Railnote 0.1.2

A small fix release.

• Mac: the window buttons now sit level with the line of open notes at the top, and with the sidebar folded the notes start after them instead of underneath.
• The README now describes how Ask works on a computer: it runs the coding agent you already use (Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode) in your vault, on your own plan, with no API key.

Mac and Windows update themselves from 0.1.1. On Linux, download the new AppImage or .deb below.

The Windows installer is still unsigned, so Windows may say it "protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.

Railnote 0.1.1: Linux and Windows

Railnote now runs on Linux and Windows as well as macOS.

Which file do I want?

• Mac: Railnote-0.1.1-mac-arm64.dmg (Apple silicon) or Railnote-0.1.1-mac-x64.dmg (Intel). Open it and drag Railnote into Applications. Signed and notarized; it updates itself.
• Windows 10 or 11: Railnote-0.1.1-win-x64-setup.exe. It installs for your user and updates itself. The installer isn't signed yet, so Windows may say it "protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux: the .AppImage runs on most distributions (chmod +x, then run it). On Debian or Ubuntu, sudo apt install ./railnote_0.1.1_amd64.deb (or _arm64) adds a menu entry and a railnote command.

The .zip, .nupkg and RELEASES files are what installed copies update from; you don't need them.

Changes

• Linux: AppImage and .deb for x64 and arm64.
• Windows: x64 installer with automatic updates.
• Ask and Organize find Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode on Windows too.
• Shortcuts read Ctrl+K, Ctrl+Shift+F and so on outside the Mac.

Railnote 0.1.0

The first release of Railnote: open-source Markdown notes that work the moment you open them. Free, MIT licensed, no account.

Download for macOS 13 or later: Railnote-0.1.0-mac-arm64.dmg for Apple silicon, Railnote-0.1.0-mac-x64.dmg for Intel. Open it and drag Railnote into Applications. Signed and notarized; it updates itself from new releases.

• Opens an existing Obsidian vault as is: plain .md files, wikilinks, embeds, frontmatter, tags.
• Ask and Organize through the coding agent you already have (Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode), on your own plan, with no API key. Or use an Anthropic API key.
• End-to-end encrypted sync between computers and your phone, through your own server or the free one at sync.getrailhq.com.
• Version history, a transit-map graph, PDF and HTML export, and built-in explainers.

The .zip files are for auto-update; you don't need them.