From 22b0f1327016a351ebde492e3a6c7e4400384d0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zef Hemel Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:32:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README update --- README.md | 19 ++++++++++++------- website/SilverBullet.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1f6b689c..88ccae00 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ # SilverBullet -SilverBullet aims to be your **workshop for the mind**: a creative space where you collect, create and expand your personal knowledge, while also letting you constantly evolve the tools you use to do so. +SilverBullet is a note-taking application optimized for people with a [hacker mindset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker). We all take notes. There’s a million note taking applications out there. [Literally](https://www.noteapps.ca/). Wouldn’t it be nice to have one where your notes are _more_ than plain text files? Where your notes essentially become a _database_ that you can query; that you can build custom knowledge applications on top of? A _hackable notebook_, if you will? -While you _can_ use SilverBullet as a simple note taking application that stores notes in plain markdown files on disk, it becomes truly powerful in the hands of more technical power users. By leveraging metadata annotations, its Objects infrastructure, Live Queries and Live Templates, SilverBullet becomes a powerful _end-user programming tool_, enabling you to quickly develop various types of ad-hoc knowledge applications. +This is what SilverBullet aims to be. -SilverBullet is implemented as an open-source, self-hosted, offline-capable web application. +Absolutely. You use SilverBullet to quickly jot things down. It’s a notes app after all. However, this is just the beginning. Gradually, you start to annotate your notes using [Frontmatter](https://silverbullet.md/Frontmatter). You realize: “Hey, this note represents a _person_, let me [tag](https://silverbullet.md/Tags) it as such.” Before you know it, you’re turning your notes into [Objects](https://silverbullet.md/Objects). Then you learn that in SilverBullet you can [Live Query](https://silverbullet.md/Live%20Queries) these objects. Your queries grow into reusable [Templates](https://silverbullet.md/Templates) written using a powerful [Template Language](https://silverbullet.md/Template%20Language). You find more and more uses of these templates, for instance to create [new pages](https://silverbullet.md/Page%20Templates), or [widgets](https://silverbullet.md/Live%20Template%20Widgets) automatically added to your pages. -You’ve been told there is _no such thing_ as a [silver bullet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_bullet). You were told wrong. +And then, before you know it — you realize you’re effectively building applications in your notes app. [End-User Programming](https://silverbullet.md/End-User%20Programming), y’all. It’s cool. -[![IIntroduction to SilverBullet](http://img.youtube.com/vi/8btx9HeuZ4s/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8btx9HeuZ4s) +You may have been told there is _no such thing_ as a [silver bullet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_bullet). + +You were told wrong. + +[![Introduction to SilverBullet](http://img.youtube.com/vi/8btx9HeuZ4s/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8btx9HeuZ4s) ## Features SilverBullet... @@ -23,9 +27,8 @@ SilverBullet... * **Self-hosted**: you own your data. All content is stored as plain files in a folder on disk. Back up, sync, edit, publish, script with any additional tools you like. * SilverBullet is [open source, MIT licensed](https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet) software. - ## Installing SilverBullet -Check out the [official website](https://silverbullet.md) +Check out the [instructions](https://silverbullet.md/Install). ## Developing SilverBullet @@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ To run unit tests: ```shell deno task test ``` + ## Feedback If you (hypothetically) find bugs or have feature requests, post them in @@ -81,3 +85,4 @@ If you (hypothetically) find bugs or have feature requests, post them in Would you like to contribute? [Check out the code](https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet), and the issue tracker as well for ideas on what to work on. +Also be sure to check out our [Discourse community](https://community.silverbullet.md). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/website/SilverBullet.md b/website/SilverBullet.md index 1ed4b6db..0c9be494 100644 --- a/website/SilverBullet.md +++ b/website/SilverBullet.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Introduction -SilverBullet is a note-taking application optimized for people with a [hacker mindset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker). We all take notes. There’s a million note taking applications out there. [Literally](https://www.noteapps.ca/). Wouldn’t it be nice to have one where your notes are _more_ than plain text files? Where your notes essentially become a _database_ that you can query; that you can build custom knowledge applications on top of? +SilverBullet is a note-taking application optimized for people with a [hacker mindset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker). We all take notes. There’s a million note taking applications out there. [Literally](https://www.noteapps.ca/). Wouldn’t it be nice to have one where your notes are _more_ than plain text files? Where your notes essentially become a _database_ that you can query; that you can build custom knowledge applications on top of? A _hackable notebook_, if you will? This is what SilverBullet aims to be.