Graphite

A local-only, Notion-style workspace for the desktop. Nested pages, a block editor, and full-text search — all stored in a single SQLite file on your machine. No account, no sync, no network calls.

Getting started

npm install

npm run dev

Other scripts:

npm run typecheck

npm run build

npm run dist:mac

dist:win and dist:linux are also available. Packaging is unsigned by default — set a signing identity in electron-builder.yml before distributing.

Features

• Tabs — open several pages at once, each with its own back/forward history. Drag to reorder, ⌘-click or middle-click a page to open it in a new tab, middle-click a tab to close it. The strip is restored on next launch.
• Nested pages — unlimited depth, drag to reorder or re-parent in the sidebar. Dropping a page onto another nests it; dropping near a row's top or bottom edge places it above or below.
• Block editor — headings, bulleted/numbered/to-do lists, quotes, dividers, and syntax-highlighted code blocks. Press / on an empty line for the block menu; select text for the formatting bar.
• Draggable blocks — hover any block for controls in the left gutter: the grip reorders it (click to select, drag to move), and + inserts a block below. List and to-do items get their own handle so they move individually.
• Multi-block selection — drag from the left gutter or the space below the content to lasso whole blocks; the selection acts as one for delete, copy, and paste.
• Full-text search — Cmd/Ctrl + K, backed by SQLite FTS5 with prefix matching and result snippets.
• Favorites, per-page emoji icons, and breadcrumb navigation.
• Autosave — writes ~600 ms after you stop typing, and flushes on close.
• Light / dark / system theme.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd/Ctrl + K	Search pages
Cmd/Ctrl + N	New page
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + N	New subpage
Cmd/Ctrl + T	New tab
Cmd/Ctrl + W	Close tab
Ctrl + Tab	Next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Previous tab
Cmd/Ctrl + [ / ]	Back / forward
Cmd/Ctrl + B	Toggle sidebar
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + L	Toggle theme
Cmd/Ctrl + ,	Settings

Where your data lives

One SQLite file in Electron's per-user data directory:

• macOS — ~/Library/Application Support/graphite/graphite.db
• Windows — %APPDATA%\graphite\graphite.db
• Linux — ~/.config/graphite/graphite.db

Settings → Reveal opens it in your file manager. Back it up by copying that file (take -wal and -shm alongside it if present, or close the app first).