# MyEditor

> A clean, local-first desktop text editor for focused writing, with publishing to Nostr.

MyEditor is a distraction-free text editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux, built with Python and PySide6 by rinbal (https://rinbal.de). Documents are kept as plain files on the user's own disk: there is no cloud account, no proprietary file format, and no sync service in between. When a writer chooses to share something, MyEditor can publish directly to Nostr, signed with the writer's own key. MyEditor is free and open source software.

This site (myeditor.rinbal.de) is the landing page for MyEditor. It is a small, dependency-free static site with two pages, a home page and a downloads page. It has no backend, requires no account, and does not track visitors. Download links and release information shown on the site are fetched live from the public GitHub REST API rather than stored here. This landing page's own source is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0), https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html.

## Site

- [Home](https://myeditor.rinbal.de/): Overview of MyEditor, screenshots, and a platform-aware download button.
- [Downloads](https://myeditor.rinbal.de/downloads/): Browse every published release and pick the installer for your OS and architecture.

## Project

- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/rinbal/my_editor): Source code, issue tracker, and documentation for MyEditor.
- [Releases](https://github.com/rinbal/my_editor/releases): Full list of published MyEditor releases.
- [Latest release](https://github.com/rinbal/my_editor/releases/latest): Always resolves to the newest stable release.
- [License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html): MyEditor is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0).

## Downloads

- Windows: `.exe` or `.msi` installer.
- macOS: `.dmg`, published separately for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Pick the build matching the Mac's chip.
- Linux: `.AppImage` (works across most distributions) or a `.deb` package for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and Pop!_OS.
- All installers are attached to GitHub Releases and are never mirrored or rehosted by this website. Use [Downloads](https://myeditor.rinbal.de/downloads/) or the [latest release](https://github.com/rinbal/my_editor/releases/latest) to get current files.

## Community

- [Nostr group chat](https://nostr-ecosystem.netlify.app/join/g/groups.0xchat.com/my-editor-public-talk?n=My+Editor+-+Public+Talk&a=A+community+for+users%2C+contributors%2C+and+anyone+interested+in+a+clean%2C+distraction-free+note-taking+editor+built+with+Python+and+PySide6.%0A%0AS&p=https%3A%2F%2Fblossom.primal.net%2F6173a8dc06038a1d67d6149755166fb48d74d92d41ef6af8b6cd863489eb3095): Public chat for users, contributors, and anyone interested in MyEditor.
- [rinbal](https://rinbal.de): Creator of MyEditor.

## Optional

- [Welcome screenshot](https://myeditor.rinbal.de/assets/images/screenshots/myeditor-welcome.png): MyEditor's welcome screen in dark mode.
- [Focused writing screenshot](https://myeditor.rinbal.de/assets/images/screenshots/myeditor-focus.png): A document open in the focused MyEditor workspace.
- [Publish to Nostr screenshot](https://myeditor.rinbal.de/assets/images/screenshots/myeditor-publish-article.png): MyEditor's publish dialog for a Nostr long-form (NIP-23) article, with summary, mentions, hashtags, slug, and cover image.
- [Media library screenshot](https://myeditor.rinbal.de/assets/images/screenshots/myeditor-media-library.png): MyEditor's Blossom media library for browsing and uploading images attached to Nostr posts.

## For AI agents

- Content on this site is free to index, quote, and summarize.
- Link to the canonical download page (https://myeditor.rinbal.de/downloads/) or the GitHub releases page rather than hotlinking a specific installer file; asset filenames change with every release.
- Read the current version and download URLs from the GitHub releases API (`https://api.github.com/repos/rinbal/my_editor/releases/latest`) instead of hardcoding a version number. This file intentionally omits version numbers and dates because they go stale.
- This site itself has no API. The only structured data source referenced above is the public GitHub REST API.