It's that time of the week again! Today, we're sharing Chalk, a document editor that shows how apps that need fine-grained permissioning can be built on spaces. Chalk is built on our last three releases!
Habitat's road to release: 04 Chalk
habitat.leaflet.pubAug 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Apps are too complex so maybe features should be ownable and tradable
Posted on Friday 29 Apr 2022. 1,955 words, 12 links. By Matt Webb.
Scratch – A minimalist markdown scratchpad
An offline-first, open source markdown note-taking app. No cloud, no account, no subscriptions.
Habitat's road to release: 04 Chalk - building [at] habitat
The one where we don't release an API :)
Habitat's road to release: 03 ReBAC on spaces - building [at] habitat
Fine-grained permissioning on top of spaces.
Magic Paper
Working notes by Michael Nielsen, November 2017. Followup to (but doesn't require) my notes on Chalktalk.
Graffiti: Enabling an Ecosystem of Personalized and Interoperable Social Applications
As part of the Digital Library's transition to Open Access, new features for researchers are available in the Premium Edition. Click here to learn more.
Introducing Patchwork-26
ClearBoard: a seamless medium for shared drawing and conversation with eye contact
As part of the Digital Library's transition to Open Access, new features for researchers are available in the Premium Edition. Click here to learn more.
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can reshape with minimal friction to suit their unique needs.
Permissioned Data Interlude: Spaces - Daniel's Leaflets
In which I retcon the naming of everything.
a quick-start guide for anyone who wants to use chalky.town
chalky.town onboarding
leaflet.pubThis week we built comments into our document editor to show off what can be done with fine-grained permissioning on spaces! Check it out here: chalk.habitat.network
Habitat's road to release: 06 commenting
habitat.leaflet.pubNote taking apps
Notes, Outliners, Markdown Editors, PKMs, Memexs, Second Brains, Commonplace books, and more
OmniCanvas - Free Infinite Canvas Notes App
Best Notes App - Write and Organize with UpNote
Antinote — a $5 scratchpad for macOS
NotePlan – Notes, Tasks and Calendar in One Daily Note
Let your thoughts sink in — Gravity
Knowledgebase Apps (by Boris) — Semble
