This release adds 1 notable feature for engineering teams evaluating rollout.
Published 2mo
Productivity & Wikis
✓ No known CVEs patched
✓ No known CVEs patched in this version
Topics
electron
local-first
markdown
mcp
notes
vim
Summary
AI summaryNotes symlinked into a vault are now listed and the editor no longer goes blank when toggling edit ↔ preview.
Full changelog
Highlights
- Open any markdown file with ZenNotes (#56). ZenNotes registers as a handler for
.mdand.markdownfiles, so you can open them straight from Finder/Explorer ("Open With"), a double-click, or by dropping them on the dock. A file inside a vault opens as a normal note; a file anywhere else opens in a standalone editor window with full editing and live preview — plus a Move to Vault button to pull it into your vault. From the terminal:zen open <file.md>.
Fixes
- Notes symlinked into a vault are now listed. A
.mdfile symlinked into the vault was invisible in the sidebar (and to search/tasks); symlinked notes now show up and behave like regular notes. - Editor no longer goes blank when toggling edit ↔ preview in the standalone external-file window and the pop-out floating-note window. The editor keeps its text across the toggle, and in-progress edits are preserved.
- Reverse-proxy static assets now load (#58). When self-hosting under
ZENNOTES_BASE_PATH, CSS/JS/manifest were served asindex.html(wrong MIME type) and rejected by the browser; the static handler now strips the base-path prefix so assets resolve beneath the configured subpath.
Downloads
Pick the right binary for your platform from the assets below.
- macOS (Apple Silicon):
ZenNotes-1.8.2-mac-arm64.dmg(or.zip) - macOS (Intel):
ZenNotes-1.8.2-mac-x64.dmg(or.zip) - Windows:
ZenNotes-1.8.2-win-x64.exe(installer) or.zip(portable) - Linux:
ZenNotes-1.8.2-linux-x86_64.AppImageorZenNotes-1.8.2-linux-amd64.deb
Full changelog: https://github.com/ZenNotes/zennotes/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.2
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