Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases
by lucaronin on 4/23/2026, 10:01:59 PM
Hey there! I am Luca, I write <a href="https://refactoring.fm/" rel="nofollow">https://refactoring.fm/</a> and I built Tolaria for myself to manage my own knowledge base (10K notes, 300+ articles written in over 6 years of newslettering) and work well with AI.<p>Tolaria is offline-first, file-based, has first-class support for git, and has strong opinions about how you should organize notes (types, relationships, etc).<p>Let me know your thoughts!
https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria
Comments
by: stock_toaster
I've been using octarine[1] recently (after having used obsidian for quite a while), but I'm definitely going to try this out.<p>[1]: <a href="https://octarine.app" rel="nofollow">https://octarine.app</a>
4/23/2026, 11:51:25 PM
by: SpyCoder77
As I was scrolling down the page I was like "what if I wanted to use a notion-style editor instead of markdown" and my requests were instantly met
4/23/2026, 11:46:30 PM
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4/23/2026, 11:07:12 PM
by: r0bbie
Super nice! I've ended up settling on Logseq for note-taking for a while now, but never loved the UI.<p>This is clean and love the git-backed approach. Would love to see a dark mode too!
4/23/2026, 10:40:04 PM
by: redaantar
That’s awesome! I’m a huge fan of projects like that. I recently launched ckourse.com (open-source) to help manage downloaded courses. Combining tolaria and Ckourse will give a smooth learning experience. Thanks for the tool.
4/23/2026, 11:12:26 PM
by: bovermyer
I'm glad you've built something that works for you! Keep at it. Experiment, don't just leave it the same way it is now.
4/23/2026, 11:12:43 PM
by: antonkochubey
Doesn’t Obsidian already do pretty much the same?
4/23/2026, 10:39:18 PM
by: subdomain
I run a newsletter too, so this is cool to see! Not sure if I need it yet (my "knowledge base" is still pretty small), but I'll definitely keep it in mind for the future.
4/23/2026, 10:06:41 PM
by: Pym
Wow thanks!<p>Better than the one I was planning to build for myself.<p>Love the UI. Love the fact that the app was made with Tauri.<p>Nice work, will share!
4/23/2026, 10:51:38 PM
by: amd92
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4/24/2026, 12:19:28 AM
by: kskzjsjdjw
A freaking web app?<p>Boo. Boooooooooo. Thanks but no thanks.
4/23/2026, 11:40:59 PM
by: jryio
Just another disposable piece of software maintained by a single person that does 80% of what other apps do but worse.<p>Max lifespan 2 years
4/23/2026, 10:30:15 PM