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Workledger – Your offline first engineering notebook
by recvonline·Feb 12, 2026·2 points·0 comments
AI Analysis
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The Take
Keyboard-first UX stands out — ⌘K for full search and ⌘J to create entries make it feel built for rapid capture. It's clearly an honest MVP: offline-first and open-source are the right focus, but there’s no sign of sync, plugin support, or a markdown-first workflow that would make it compete with Obsidian/Joplin. Useful if you want a simple, local notebook without cloud baggage, not a replacement for a feature-rich notes ecosystem.
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Target Audience
Software engineers, developers and engineering teams who want a fast, local/offline notebook for meeting and design notes
Post Description
I saw this HN thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949814) and though to myself: I always wanted to start a proper Engineering notebook. And I didn't love any online version, and my handwriting is too slow and messy for taking notes during meetings.
Well, after reading the comments, I built this in about 6h, and probably keep developing it further.
It's Open Source as well.
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