Vellum

简体中文

Vellum is a desktop Markdown editor built with Rust and gpui.

Current Features

• WYSIWYG
• Open a Markdown file or folder
• Switch between block-level preview and editing
• Auto save
• Workspace sidebar
• Watch for external file changes, deletions, and renames
• Conflict detection and handling
• Restore the last opened file on startup

Tech Stack

• Rust
• gpui
• gpui-components

Project Structure

• crates/vellum: app entry point, window layout, menus, and file operations
• crates/editor: editor core, block parsing, interactions, auto save, and conflict handling
• crates/workspace: workspace tree and file watching

Run

cargo run

Test

cargo check
cargo test -p editor
cargo test -p workspace

Notes

• The sidebar currently shows only .md, .markdown, and .mdown
• Enter performs semantic line breaks for paragraphs, lists, blockquotes, and similar blocks
• Code blocks keep normal multi-line editing behavior
• The current model is single-window and single-document