Pensieve

Notes saved in your private Github repository.

Features

Configurable for settings and shortcuts (CMD+,)
use ?repo= query parameter to change the private Github (default pensieve-data).
Installable from Chrome. This is required for some shortcuts to work
Works offline for notes opened in the past

Organisation

First line of the file is the filename
Folders are created by adding slash (/) to the filename
Change syntax highlighting by adding extension to the filename
Sorted by creation date
Star notes you want always at the top

Writing

Markdown enabled by default
Autosave after 5 seconds of inactivity
History of changes visible in Github as commits
Same text editor as VS Code (Monaco editor) which includes
- Automatic identation
- Syntax highlighting
- Multiple cursors
- Typescript validation
Convert regex matches into links. Default settings converts [user/repo] into a Github link
Custom highlighting with regex. Default settings show ~~strikethrough~~ and @user in different colors

Caveats

When switching devices notes list is not updated, refresh the page to force update
Opening a note takes a few seconds on mobile for unknown reason

Changelog

1.1 Custom highlighting

Pensieve 1.1 release has been successful with new features like

[custom/links]
custom highlighting as ~~strikethrough~~ or @username
all based on RegExp and documented by example in Settings [CMD+,]

After a year of usage Pensieve has generated in my private repository:

6500 commits
16Mb of data of which
- one third is actual notes content
- another third is metadata
- and the remaining third is git files containing EVERY CHANGE I MADE SINCE I STARTED USING THIS TOOL. DID I MENTION ONLY YOU CONTROL YOUR DATA IN THIS APPLICATION??? you and GitHub. You're welcome. Have a nice day.

~/pensieve-notes main > du -sh . .* *
 16M    .
5.2M    .git
4.8M    meta
5.5M    note
4.0K    settings.json
4.0K    shortcuts.json