This is my only public Rust repo — I have some ongoing private projects in Rust, so I'm familiar with the ecosystem (cargo, crates, the borrow checker experience, etc.).

That said, to be fully transparent: as I disclosed elsewhere in this thread, the Ferrite codebase is 100% AI-generated (Claude via Cursor). I direct the development, test, and iterate, but I haven't written the Rust by hand for this project.

So my Rust experience is more "ecosystem familiarity + reading AI-generated code" than "battle-hardened Rustacean." This project is partly a learning exercise — seeing how far AI-assisted development can go while picking up Rust patterns along the way.

Not yet! [[wikilinks]] and backlinks are natural additions. I will add it to the Roadmap? Love community input on what Obsidian features matter most!

Yes! I was looking at it and hoping they had that feature already. I so want an Obsidian alternative to exist just in case.

Thanks for posting the GitHub issue!

And what's the connection with the thread?

> - ~15MB vs ~300MB+ (no Electron) > - Instant startup vs seconds > - Native Mermaid rendering (no extension juggling) > - Built-in JSON/YAML tree viewer with pipeline shell integration > - Session restore, minimap, zen mode baked in > > If you live in VS Code already, an extension might be fine. Ferrite is for those wanting a focused, fast Markdown environment.

Rust + Native App I take it

The VSCode markdown viewer kind of sucks tbh.

Interesting idea! Typst is compelling (Rust-based too). Not on immediate roadmap but could be a future addition. TeX is heavier but possible via external tools + pipeline feature.

Or even better, TeX. I realize capital bought out even basic typesetting but let's not encourage this

Looks like it’s currently a subset of mermaid natively in rust https://github.com/OlaProeis/Ferrite/blob/master/src/markdow...

(not associated, just looked at the code - no js interpreter)

https://github.com/OlaProeis/Ferrite/blob/master/src/markdow...

100% pure Rust! No JS interpreter. Parses Mermaid syntax directly and renders via egui drawing primitives. Supports 11 diagram types: flowchart, sequence, state, class, ER, pie, mindmap, timeline, user journey, git graph, gantt. Much faster than spawning headless Chrome!

Next time you're vibe coding something, have the system generate a mermaid diagram to show its understanding. Though visual generation can be hard for models, structure/topology in formats like mermaid is pretty gettable.

I've even found sonnet and opus to be quite capable of generating json describing nodes and edges. I had them generate directed acyclic processing graphs for a GUI LLM data flow editor that I built (also with Claude - https://nodecul.es/ if curious)