# hibi

> A markdown notes app with a graph view — A desktop Markdown editor that also draws a graph of how your notes connect.

- Page: https://tesign.com/en/item/hibi/
- JSON: https://tesign.com/en/item/hibi/index.json
- Korean Markdown: https://tesign.com/item/hibi/index.md
- Generated: 2026-09-22 07:26 UTC

## Numbers

- 14 stars — checked on GitHub 2026-09-21 05:05 UTC
- no 7-day star increase observed (GH Archive) (as of 2026-09-22 03:00 UTC)
- 5 Show HN points — observed 2026-09-22 00:33 UTC
- Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.

## AT A GLANCE

- LICENSE: AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) — https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0.html
- USAGE: Release source if you redistribute or host it as a service.
- OPEN SOURCE: YES
- LANGUAGE: TypeScript
- PLATFORM: windows · macos · linux
- CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
- Tags: 마크다운 · 노트 · 데스크톱 · agpl
- How to start: Install to use
- SOURCES: Show HN https://github.com/schmayterling/hibi
- INSTALL: https://hibi.garden/

## ACTIVITY

- Last commit: 2026-09-21 04:47 UTC
- Latest release: [unconfirmed]
- Contributors: [unconfirmed]
- Open issues (incl. PRs): [unconfirmed]
- Made by: [unconfirmed]
- Checked on GitHub: 2026-09-21 05:05 UTC

## Signals and evidence

- NEW · 1h OLD WHEN SEEN

## TESIGN TAKE

Having the connections panel on by default, with no plugin to add, is the convenient part.

## WHY IT MATTERS

Once notes pile up, remembering what you wrote and how one note connects to another gets hard. hibi keeps the raw Markdown and the formatted view side by side, and shows the current note’s connections as both a graph and a list on the right.

## BUILD FROM THIS

- An Electron desktop app that opens a file or a folder as a workspace, with a formatting toolbar (bold, italic, tables, headings), a cmd+K (ctrl+K on Windows/Linux) command palette, version history, and import/export. It is released under AGPL-3.0 and takes addons.

## WHO IT'S FOR

- People who keep notes and drafts in Markdown, and anyone who wants to see how notes link up.

## START IN 5 MINUTES

```
# Install a nightly build from GitHub Releases and open a folder as a workspace.
```

## CAVEATS

- Only alpha nightly builds exist, so you may see an ad-hoc signing warning, and the repository itself says to back up your notes first. It is AGPL-3.0, so offering a modified version as a service means releasing that source too.

## RECEIPT

- FIRST SEEN BY TESIGN: 2026-09-21 04:06 UTC
- AT SOURCE: 2026-09-21 02:51 UTC
- KEPT: 2026-09-22 05:53 UTC
- Published on TESIGN: 2026-09-22 05:53 UTC
- Text last updated: 2026-09-22 05:53 UTC

## How to read this

- This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.
- null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.
- Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.
- A summary, not legal advice.

[Image] https://tesign.com/img/hibi-85c1c15430.png