Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering
Ferrite: Fast Markdown/Text/Code editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagrams Built a Markdown editor using Rust + egui. v0.2.1 just dropped with major Mermaid improvements: → Native Mermaid diagrams - Flowcharts, sequence, state, ER, git graphs - pure Rust, no JS → Split view - Raw + rendered side-by-side with sync scrolling → Syntax highlighting - 40+ languages with large file optimization → JSON/YAML/TOML tree viewer - Structured editing with expand/collapse → Git integration - File tree shows modified/staged/untracked status Also: minimap, zen mode, auto-save, session restore, code folding indicators. ~15MB binary, instant startup. Windows/Linux/macOS. GitHub: https://github.com/OlaProeis/Ferrite v0.2.2 coming soon with performance improvements for large files. Looking for feedback! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46571980 Points: 177 # Comments: 95
Ferrite: Fast Markdown/Text/Code editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagrams
Built a Markdown editor using Rust + egui. v0.2.1 just dropped with major Mermaid improvements:
→ Native Mermaid diagrams - Flowcharts, sequence, state, ER, git graphs - pure Rust, no JS
→ Split view - Raw + rendered side-by-side with sync scrolling
→ Syntax highlighting - 40+ languages with large file optimization
→ JSON/YAML/TOML tree viewer - Structured editing with expand/collapse
→ Git integration - File tree shows modified/staged/untracked status
Also: minimap, zen mode, auto-save, session restore, code folding indicators.
~15MB binary, instant startup. Windows/Linux/macOS.
GitHub: https://github.com/OlaProeis/Ferrite
v0.2.2 coming soon with performance improvements for large files. Looking for feedback!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46571980
Points: 10
# Comments: 2