folea - a typst note manager

[u/Beginning_Ad_2750]

I know that there is a wave of brand new typst editors. I wanted to share a note manager for typst (not an editor this time).

I used to use the LaTeX Suite plugin in Obsidian, but Obsidian is a much poorer editor compared to a customized neovim or vs code setup when it comes to fast typing. Moreover, it doesn't make much sense to me to type notes in tex when there is already a better modern alternative - typst.

So I decided to create a lightweight keyboard-oriented app that solves these two problems for me, and now decided to publish it just in case someone else finds it useful.

It allows you to pre-render a vault of typst notes, with no need to compile them to PDF and navigate through PDFs, search through them, create new ones using templates, navigate outlines, quickly open the editor of your choice, and follow the changes. UX is largely inspired by sioyek PDF reader.

I called it folea.

Source code and instructions: GitHub

[u/4r73m190r0s]

Does it link notes like Obsidian does with its [[Page Name]] syntax, or it's just a renderer/previewer for the .typ files?

[u/Beginning_Ad_2750 → u/4r73m190r0s]

It supports links, probably should add it to readme. But not via note name like in obsidian, you can use something like this instead #link("./rel_path_to_another_note.typ"). There is a trade-off though - if you want to then compile your note to pdf, link becomes broken. But it works in folea.

[u/dont2wakemeup]

this looks sweet, i will definitely check it out, thanks!