Meadow
extract and publish microsites from your Markdown graphs
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What is Meadow?
Meadow Notes is a tool that helps people publish purpose-specific microsites extracted from their densely connected Markdown notes. It enables users to extract and publish subgraphs of their overall markdown note graphs as HTML sites, making it easy to share curated groups of notes with different sets of people.
Key features include automatic curation that suggests candidate graphs which users can modify, the ability to publish lots of little sites, change management tooling for maintaining sites as underlying source graph structure and content changes, and support for publishing both as HTML sites and optionally as attached zip files of source Markdown files.
The tool is open source with a "we host for you" option available. It's designed for knowledge workers, creative people, writers, blog post authors, essay composers, and anyone maintaining a large set of conceptual, atomic, and densely linked Markdown notes who wants to share their nascent ideas with others for feedback.
Meadow pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free tier: You can publish 3 sites to the meadow-notes.com site for free to try it out. The tool is open source so you can use it self-hosted. Paid option: "We host for you" hosted service is available (specific pricing details not publicly listed on the website).
Meadow pros
- Open source with transparent code
- Free tier allows publishing 3 sites
- Automatic curation suggests candidate graphs
- Easy to modify suggested graphs manually
- Built for publishing lots of little sites
- Change management tooling keeps sites confident
- Publishes as HTML sites plus optional Markdown zip
- "We host for you" option available
- Works with densely connected Markdown note graphs
- Helps share curated note groups with specific people
- One year of part-time development with 50 sites published
- Tooling improved through real-world testing
- Supports audio as primary input method
- Enables hands-free education and knowledge work
- Focuses on thoughtfulness, intention, and flow
Meadow cons
- Very small user base - pretty niche tool
- Only 3 free sites may limit experimentation
- Required fable library dependency adds complexity
- NPM installation can be tricky
- Docker development environment setup is complex
- Windows users may need additional configuration
- Test database creation requires manual SQL commands
- Linux users may need to regenerate node_modules folders
Frequently asked questions about Meadow
What is Meadow Notes?
Meadow Notes is a toolkit for extracting and publishing purpose-specific microsites from your densely connected Markdown note graphs. It helps you share curated groups of notes as HTML sites.
Is Meadow Notes open source?
Yes, Meadow Notes is open source. You can use it self-hosted or choose the "we host for you" option for managed hosting.
How many sites can I publish for free?
You can publish 3 sites to the meadow-notes.com site for free, which lets you try out the tool before deciding on paid hosting.
What format do my notes need to be in?
Meadow Notes works with Markdown notes. It extracts subgraphs from your overall Markdown note graph and publishes them as HTML sites.
Can I share individual notes?
You could share individual notes, but since notes are small and have lots of links, there's not much utility in sharing single notes. Meadow is better for sharing curated groups of notes.
What does automatic curation do?
Automatic curation suggests a candidate graph of related notes that you can then modify. This helps you curate which notes to publish without manually selecting every single note.
Can I publish both HTML and Markdown?
Yes, Meadow helps you publish related notes to the web as an HTML site and optionally as an attached zip file of source Markdown files.
How does change management work?
Meadow provides top-notch change management tooling so you can maintain your sites over time. Since the underlying source graph structure and content changes all the time, this ensures you're always confident in what you're publishing.
Who is Meadow Notes for?
Meadow is for knowledge workers, creative people, and anyone maintaining densely linked Markdown notes who wants to share nascent ideas with others for feedback. It's especially useful for modern polymaths synthesizing insights from disparate domains.
How long has Meadow been developed?
The developer spent about a year part-time developing the project, publishing about 50 sites during that time. Each publication taught something and improved the tooling.