Flatsonar

Folio

by Greg Ross

Beautiful markdown note-taking app

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0+ v26.01
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About

Create notebooks and take notes in markdown

Some features include:

  • Almost WYSIWYG markdown rendering
  • Searchable through GNOME search
  • Highlight and strikethrough text formatting
  • App themeing based on notebook color
  • Trash can
  • Markdown document
  • Optional line numbers
  • Optional auto save
  • Open links with Control-Click
  • Link to other notes in Folio
  • Automatically create links for bare URL's and e-mail addresses

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.