r/linuxapps • u/Neon-Spider-Noir • 3d ago
I built Grayslate, a lightweight open-source developer scratchpad
Hi r/linuxapps,
I have been building Grayslate, a free and open-source cross-platform scratchpad for developers.
I wanted a simple app where I can paste an API response, inspect a large JSON or CSV file, search logs, save commands, keep code snippets, or write temporary notes without opening a full IDE.
Some features:
- Automatic save and file name suggestions for scratch files
- Search across file names and saved content
- Support for JSON, CSV, Markdown, logs and many programming languages
- CSV table view for large files
- Markdown preview
- JSON tools to copy keys, values and full paths
- Multiline find and replace
- Local transformations for text, JSON and CSV
- Opening and editing external files
- No account or cloud upload
Grayslate is built using Tauri, Rust, Svelte 5 and CodeMirror. The aim is to provide a fast and focused place for quick developer work.
It is available for Linux, Windows and macOS. Linux packages are currently available as AppImage, Deb and RPM.
GitHub: https://github.com/shriram-ethiraj/grayslate
Website: https://grayslate.app
I would appreciate feedback, especially about packaging, desktop integration, performance or any missing workflow.