2,251 stars · Apache-2.0 (read from /blob/main/LICENSE, unmodified, 'Copyright 2024 Felix Zeller.') · v0.25.12, read from /releases/latest as '29 Jun' with NO YEAR and not settled — the project is not on crates.io under this name, so no independent date exists · Track this in Scout
A language server that gives a folder of Markdown notes links, backlinks, daily notes and completion inside your editor.
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What it is
A language server, which is a small background program that editors talk to in a standard way so that one tool can serve many editors. This one reads a folder of Markdown files and answers the editor's questions about them: what this link points at, what points here, what names could complete this.
What it is good for. Anyone who keeps notes as plain files and does not want to adopt an application that owns them. It suits people who already live in Neovim, Zed, Helix or VS Code and would rather not switch windows to look something up. It is also the cheapest way to try the linked-notes habit, because there is nothing to import and nothing to export.
- Plain Apache-2.0, read from the file, "Copyright 2024 Felix Zeller."
- Five editors supported: Neovim, VS Code, Zed, Helix and Kakoune.
- It does not change your notes. Remove it and you still have a folder of Markdown files.
- The newest release reads "29 Jun" with no year, and no second source could settle it. The project is not on the Rust package index under this name, so there is no independent date. We state it as unsettled rather than guess. What is proven is the code: it landed on 1 August 2026, two months ago.
- 36 open issues against 69 open pull requests. More waiting changes than waiting problems is unusual, and it suggests contributions arriving faster than they are reviewed.
- Installing from source needs the Rust toolchain. The ready-made routes are Homebrew and Windows package manager only.
- artempyanykh/marksman
3,285 stars and the closest match of all: the same kind of language server for the same kind of notes, written in F#, but its last code landed in February 2026.
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zk-org/zkCovered in Edition 29. It is a command-line tool rather than an editor service, so it searches and creates notes from a shell instead of completing names as you type.
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silverbulletmd/silverbulletCovered in Edition 33. The opposite trade: a whole web application over the same Markdown files, which you run as a service rather than inside an editor.
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brew install markdown-oxide
