# Hubble
Hubble is a free, open source notetaking app built on [[Markdown]] and HTML, by Ben Holmes (`@bholmesdev`). [[MIT License]], TypeScript, [[Electron]], desktop-first.
Plenty of apps store notes as Markdown. This one treats a coding agent as a first-class writer alongside you, and builds the app around that assumption instead of bolting it on afterwards.
## Three claims
**Feels familiar.** The writing experience is Notion-shaped: `/` commands, Markdown shortcuts, frontmatter as file properties. Built on Tiptap with Markdown conversion underneath. The bet is that most people don't want a Markdown editor, they want the [[Notion]] editing feel with Markdown files on disk.
**Agent ready.** Point your agent at the notes folder and start working. Hubble live-reloads as the agent edits. No plugin, no API, no sync protocol; the folder is the interface and the app just stops fighting you about it.
**Build any view.** Past plain Markdown you can build HTML-based apps inside your notes. Install the companion skills, tell your coding agent what you want, and a folder of notes becomes a table, a bookshelf, a map, whatever. The runtime for those apps and embeds ships as its own package.
## What's actually there
A pnpm monorepo. The desktop [[Electron]] app is the real product; there's an Astro landing page, and a React plus Convex browser version marked *heavily WIP*. Packages split out a framework-agnostic editor core, shared UI, the HTML-app runtime, a filesystem sync engine (also *heavily WIP*), a Convex sync backend for cloud sync, and a `hubble` CLI for syncing a folder from the terminal.
macOS, Windows and Linux builds. macOS is signed and notarised; the other two aren't, so expect an OS warning on first launch. First commit February 2026, still moving.
## The repo runs on agents too
Hubble's repository automation runs on Warp Factory agents: new issues get triaged with a readiness label and an explanation, anything labelled `ready-to-implement` gets a draft pull request, and every PR gets an agent code review before a human sees it.
## References
- Website: https://hubble.md
- Source code: https://github.com/bholmesdev/hubble.md
- Skills: https://github.com/bholmesdev/hubble-skills
- Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49091730
- Maker: [Ben Holmes (@bholmesdev)](https://twitter.com/bholmesdev)
## Related
- [[Obsidian]]
- [[Obsidian Starter Kit]]
- [[Markdown]]
- [[Notion]]
- [[Logseq]]
- [[AI Agent Skills]]
- [[Claude Code]]
- [[Electron]]
- [[TypeScript]]
- [[Open Source]]
- [[MIT License]]