Writing

Lightweight distraction-free text editor, in the browser (Markdown and LaTeX supported). No lag when writing.

Stale Last commit on 2022-08-10 · 0 commits in the past 12 months

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At a glance

GitHub stars: 1.1k
Last commit: 2022-08-10
Latest release: –
Commits (12 mo): 0
Releases (12 mo): –
License: MIT
Language / platform: Javascript

Maintenance health: Stale

No commits for more than 24 months. Last commit on 2022-08-10 · 0 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Writing yourself

RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
Docker: not detected — install from source or packages

Estimated monthly server cost

Provider	Plan size	~ USD / month
Vultr	1 GB	$5	Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)	1 GB	$5	Deploy →
DigitalOcean	1 GB	$6	Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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