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Posted by Luhmann
Mar 13, 2026 at 01:29 PM

 

For the past few years I’ve been writing my essays in Obsidian, using about a dozen plugins to get all the features I want in a word processor. But even though the core Obsidian app is well built, the plugins I depended on were not well maintained, and things often broke. Once Claude Code made it possible to write my own app with all of these features built-in, I thought I’d give it a try.

Two months later I had a working app! I’ve made it open source, added documentation, set up a website https://finalfinalapp.cc and decided to release it to the world. I even joined the Apple Developer program so that I could properly notarize the app. 

It is still in beta and therefore a bit rough around the edges, but it is good enough that I am already using it for my own writing projects.

The website has screenshots and lists the key features that make this app unique, such as the ability to zoom in on a section, add inline annotations, version tracking, Zotero support, word count goals, custom themes, Markdown and WYSIWYG editing modes, and spelling and grammar check.

Most importantly for this group, the app has a built-in outline view based on section headers, and you can zoom or reorganize the outline via drag-and-drop.

For more detailed instructions, open the app and load the “getting started” docs from the “Help” menu (they should launch automatically the first time you use the app). 

If you are interested in the process of how I developed the app, I’ve kept a development blog https://vibing.kerim.one/ as well.

The app is open source, free, and collects no user data. If you have support questions, spot bugs, or want to contribute, please use the app’s GitHub repository (linked from the homepage listed above). You can even fork the code and make your own version of the app if you like!

 


Posted by Luhmann
Mar 13, 2026 at 01:30 PM

 

The title was meant to read “- A free word processor for academics” ....
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Posted by satis
Mar 13, 2026 at 05:50 PM

 

Congratulations.

Claude is really impressing me. I recently ran across a website that I believe uses Claude to scrape YouTube transcripts on demand and format them (and summarize too, I think) in Markdown for you. It even offers a dedicated free Obsidian plugin to get those transcripts automatically imported from within Obsidian. (I wish I could remember the site - I thought I’d bookmarked it but no.)

 


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