Ferrite

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A Markdown editor built in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering

About

• Ferrite is a Rust-based text editor for fast, lightweight editing of Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML files
• Uses the egui framework to provide native-level responsiveness and a cross-platform runtime environment
• Supports a range of features including WYSIWYG preview, MermaidJS diagram rendering, Git integration, and workspace mode
• All of the project's Rust code and documentation was generated by AI (Claude by Anthropic), with humans responsible for review and testing
• A real-world case of AI-assisted development, showing the potential of the Rust ecosystem and AI development collaboration

See also

• rust
• Mermaid
• Markdown

Favorite site

• Github - OlaProeis/Ferrite
• Ferrite – A Markdown editor built in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering | GeekNews