MDLight: 14MB Markdown reader (Wails, Go and Svelte) – no vaults or plugins
MDLight is a lightweight 14MB Markdown reader built with Wails, Go, and Svelte. It offers a simple reading experience without vaults or plugins, focusing on minimalism and speed.
Background
- MDLight is a new open-source Markdown reader built with Wails (Go backend + Svelte frontend), weighing only 14MB — far smaller than the Electron-based apps (100MB+) that dominate this space.
- It positions itself against tools like Obsidian, Notion, and Logseq, which are "second-brain" or note-taking platforms that sync across devices and support plugins, databases, and vaults. MDLight deliberately does none of that: no vaults, no plugins, no syncing — just a folder-based reader.
- The target user is someone who already writes in plain Markdown (a lightweight markup language for formatting plain text) and wants a fast, minimal viewer, not another productivity system.
- It matters because it reflects a growing backlash against feature-bloated "PKM" (personal knowledge management) tools and a return to simpler, file-based workflows.
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