alt Hacker NewsThe main issue is that Markdown remains a pretty primitive language to write documents in, with dozens of incompatible extensions all over the place.
I don't know if it's the best format to focus on.
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tapirl • today at 2:39 PM
This is one reason why I created TapirMD, which offers better specificity.
Fair point about fragmentation! Ferrite uses Comrak which implements CommonMark + GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) — arguably the closest thing to a "standard" we have.
We chose Markdown because: - It's what most developers already use (README files, documentation, wikis) - Plain text files are portable, grep-able, git-friendly, and won't lock you in - GFM covers tables, task lists, strikethrough, and autolinks which handles 90% of use cases
We also support JSON, YAML, and TOML with native tree viewers. Wikilinks ([[links]]) and backlinks are planned for v0.3.0 for folks wanting Obsidian-style knowledge bases.
That said, I'd love to hear what format you'd prefer — always interested in expanding support!