An Open Source Markdown Editor Inspired by Obsidian!

Rhyolite is a simple markdown editor build using tauri framework that allows user to edit and work on markdown files.

Rhyolite is inspired by volcanic rocks, much like Obsidian.

Rhyolite was a fork of fextify, but was later rewritten from scratch, using sveltekit for the frontend and tauri version was changed from v1 to v2. As of now this project does not share any similarities to the fextify project.

Update: The project is now completely written in rust, and is being rewritten to use the FREYA GUI library for the UI, making the app completely native code with rust.

Current Updates

• The app is being migrated from Tauri(Svelte) to Freya(Rust) based UI.(WIP).
• The 0.1.10-freeze branch has the old code for the old tauri version of the app which will not be maintained anymore.

For New Contributors

1. If you want to contribute to the app, you can work on any of the issues that have not been assigned to anyone.
2. Join our Discord server to collaborate effectively.
3. Checkout the master Branch for latest commits to the app.

How to Install?

Windows

• Use the Rhyolite_[version]_[cpu architecture]_en-US.msi or Rhyolite_[version]_[cpu architecture]-setup.exe installer from the Releases section or from the official website.

MacOS

• Use the Rhyolite_[version]_[cpu architecture].dmg for Intel Macs from the Releases section or from the official website.

Note: You may encounter issues since the app isn’t signed yet, like macos saying dmg is damaged.

Linux

Universal Linux Installer ( Use this if you use a rolling release distro or latest LTS distro )

Run this command in your terminal:

curl -f https://rhyolite.xyz/install.sh | sh

To Uninstall:

curl -f https://rhyolite.xyz/uninstall.sh | sh

Debian/Ubuntu

• Install the .deb package from the Releases section.

RHEL/Fedora

• Install the .rpm package from the same section.

AppImage/Raw Binary

Install Rhyolite_[version]_.AppImage using Gear Lever or AppImageLauncher, you can also make it executable and run it directly.

Flatpak

Work In Progress!

Manual Compilation

• Linux/macOS users make sure you have rustc, ld/lld/mold, and gcc/clang installed.

• Windows users make sure you have msvc and rustc installed.

• Clone the repo and checkout release branch.

• To build the app manually, run:

cargo build --release

First Startup

1. Open the Command Palette using CTRL + P.
2. Explore the features or refer to our Discord community for guidance.

Known Bugs

1. Theming might cause visibility issues.
2. Tab icons occasionally glitch.
3. Large numbers of open tabs can distort the title.
4. The app is still alpha so many unkown/unregisterd bugs.

Licensing

This project is licensed under the terms of the GPL-3.0 open source license. Please refer to GPL-3.0 for the full terms.

Copyright (C) 2025  RedddFoxxyy(Suyog Tandel)

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Maintainers

@RedddFoxxyy

Thanks to all the contributers!!

• This project would have not been possible without the initial guidance and help of @80avin, @RaphGL and @prettyblueberry.
• Thanks to marc2332 for building Freya and helping me with using it for rhyolite