https://github.com/arach/blink

A beautiful transparent notes application built with Tauri, React, and native macOS window controls
https://github.com/arach/blink

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A beautiful transparent notes application built with Tauri, React, and native macOS window controls

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/arach/blink
• Owner: arach
• Created: 2025-06-06T19:37:39.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-11-20T03:08:13.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-11-20T05:19:35.220Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: notes, notes-app
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://blink.arach.dev
• Size: 52.4 MB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# Blink: AI-Native Spatial Notes

From static documents to intelligent, spatially aware notes.

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## Vision

Blink reimagines note-taking as AI-native knowledge management. Notes aren’t static text but autonomous agents that can think, update, and contribute on their own.

### Core Principles

- **Spatial context**: where a note lives matters  

- **Asynchronous work**: AI processes notes even when you’re not active  

- **Conversational notes**: interact with each note as an ongoing dialogue  

- **Emergent organization**: structure comes from AI understanding, not manual sorting  

- **Multimodal inputs**: notes handle text, images, voice, and more  

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## Current Features

### Multi-Window Spatial Notes

- Detach notes into frameless, floating windows  

- Spatial arrangement saved and restored  

- Real-time sync between main app and detached windows  

- Global shortcuts, focus mode, command palette  

### Customization

- Markdown-first editor with preview  

- Font, spacing, and theme controls  

- Window transparency, always-on-top, typewriter mode  

- Syntax highlighting for code  

### Core Management

- Instant search with fuzzy matching  

- Auto-save with backups  

- Smart title extraction  

- Cross-platform support  

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## Tech Stack

- **Frontend**: React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, Zustand  

- **Backend**: Rust (Tauri v2)  

- **Storage**: JSON file-based, migratable to databases  

- **Build**: Vite for dev and cross-platform desktop builds  

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## Roadmap

### Phase 1 (Done)

- Multi-window spatial foundation  

- Command palette, focus mode, customization  

### Phase 2 (Next)

- AI service integration (Claude, OpenAI)  

- Per-note AI context and multimodal inputs  

- Background processing  

### Phase 3

- Conversational notes with history  

- Cross-note awareness  

- Spatial context in reasoning  

### Phase 4

- Self-updating notes  

- AI-generated insights and briefings  

- Pattern recognition across notes  

### Phase 5

- Note-to-note AI conversations  

- Ecosystem-level intelligence  

- Collaborative knowledge evolution  

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## Architecture

- **Spatial-first**: window positions as metadata, clustering for related notes  

- **AI-native**: each note has its own AI context and memory  

- **Local-first**: encrypted storage, optional sync  

- **Rust backend** for performance and security  

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## Contributing

Areas for contribution:

- AI integration  

- Spatial clustering and intelligence  

- Multimodal processing (voice, images, docs)  

- Rust optimizations  

Principles:

- AI-native design  

- Spatial awareness  

- User empowerment  

- Simple interactions → emergent behaviors  

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## License

MIT