Forem: Boost Note

Automate your knowledge sharing using 2,000+ integrations

Daniel — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:28:28 +0000

What is Boost Hub?

Boost Hub is the workspace app for developer teams. If you want to find a markdown wiki with realtime editing, this will be a perfect choice.

Real-time Coauthoring
Write and edit documents as a team and sharing your knowledge and ideas in real-time. No one will be left behind.
Create Diagrams Like a Pro
Supports Charts.js, Mermaid, and PlantUML, which means you can put diagrams in your document.
Beautiful Mathematical Script
For clean representation of maths equations it is time to use LaTex in the Boost Hub editor.

Automate the knowledge sharing

Today, we are thrilled to launch the knowledge sharing automation thorough integration with over 2,000 external tools.

It empowers your team to create a knowledge-sharing workflow, and allowing everyone to turn their personal knowledge into the team knowledge.

GitHub + Boost Hub: Submit a pull request and insert the contents
Slack + Boost Hub: New Slack reaction and add to a doc
Dropbox + Boost Hub: Add a new file and create a row on the doc
Jira + Boost Hub: Create a Jira ticket and create a doc
AWS Lamba + Boost Hub: Add a new function and insert it to a doc
Trello + Boost Hub: Create a Trello ticket and create a doc
Intercom + Boost Hub: Add a new conversation and create a doc
Google calendar + Boost Hub: Create a calendar event and create a doc
Find an integration from more than 2,000 tools!

How to enable set the Boost Hub integrations.

Wiki tools = Leaky bucket

The problem of existing wiki tools is that only the decision ("What") is summarized. We never know the process ("Why") behind that decision.

"Why" is the most important internal knowledge because it is the part that includes the knowledge, experience and wisdom of your past and present teammates (and you!). Other wiki tools don't provide a workflow that brings the process of decision-making together.

Solving this situation is the biggest motivation for today's update - 2,000+ integrations and stepping towards empowering you to summarize the processes ("Why") of the decision making ("What") automatically.

Gather the internal knowledge that has been scattered in various places or spilled out in the middle of a discussion, then build a workflow so that an individual's knowledge becomes the team's knowledge.

Try Boost Hub

File system based storage has finally shipped to Boost Note

Daniel — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 04:53:56 +0000

File system based storage

We've released v0.7.0 with File System based storage support on July 1st.

https://boostnote.io/

Every note and attachment is stored as a single file so you will be able to access all data directly via any applications and share it via conventional file cloud storage like Google Drive, Dropbox and iCloud.

To know more, please check this article!

Update notes v0.7.0 and next roadmap

Boost Note for Teams

Also, we've revealed a new collaboration wiki service called BoostHub.

It will be a collaboration version of Boost Note but much more powerful. The feature, called "Custom Blocks", will let you make custom react components, integrated with various 3rd party app apis like GitHub and Trello, and embed them into markdown contents like MDX.

To know more, please check this slide.

Introducing the team version of Boost Note

Daniel — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:49:02 +0000

We’ve launched the Boost Note for team called “Boost Hub” and have started distributing it.

Boost Hub will aim to be a collaborative wiki tool for developer teams to centralize and amplify the availability and search ability of both first-party and third-party (SaaS and other external sources) information.

Where can I register my interest and when will I get on it?

~~Please register your email address here.~~

~~When it’s your turn, we’ll reach out again to get your team started. You’ll be able to create a new team on Boost Hub.~~

~~We have thousands of users waiting, but if you fill out this survey we’ll give you a priority invite.~~

You can register Boost Hub now!💯
https://boosthub.io

We are extremely grateful for your time and look forward to hearing your ideas and thoughts.

Cheers,
The Boost Note team

Boost Note v0.3.0 Release

Daniel — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 01:56:20 +0000

Changes

Improve cloud storage management
Show syncing status and stop on demand
Auto sync
Manage cloud storage like a remote git repository.
Implement storage type converting(local <-> cloud)

AutoSync

Now the app can sync automatically after 30 secs from last editing and keep syncing every an hour. Also you can opt out if you don’t need it. Further configuration options will be available from next update.

Manage cloud storage like a remote git repository

The previous build was automatically fetching all storage after signing in and removing data in local after signing out. The problem is that, if user signed out from the app without syncing, unsynced data will be lost.

From this build, the app will handle local storage and cloud storage completely separately. So if you delete cloud storage, the app still keep storage data in local storage.

This is quite useful when a user discards their cloud storage accidentally or our cloud storage lost all of data(I don’t think it could happen though.). Even if the bad thing happens, you can revive your cloud storage from the local data in your app(or browser).

Also you can convert local storage into cloud storage easily. So this will change UX of creating and removing storage.

Creating storage

Create storage with fresh cloud storage
Create storage from existing cloud storage

Removing storage

Remove just a link between cloud storage and local storage(You can restablish the link whenever you want)
Remove cloud storage(This will the storage turn into local storage.)

Any feedback? Please hear your voice on GitHub issue!

Desktop app(Mac, Windows and Linux) https://boostnote.io/
iOS : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boostnote-mobile/id1498182749
Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boostio.boostnote

Boost Note for Teams

We’ve revealed a new collaboration wiki service called BoostHub.

It will be a collaboration version of Boost Note but much more powerful. The feature, called “Custom Blocks”, will let you make custom react components, integrated with various 3rd party app apis like Github and Trello, and embed them into markdown contents like MDX.

To know more, please check this slide.

Boost Note Goodie Campaign

Daniel — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 04:05:37 +0000

At same time as the Mobile App launch we will start a campaign in which you can get your hands on some Boost Note goodies. You will receive these rewards for free if you write an article about Boost Note and share it on your SNS!

We’ll send you two stickers(old and new logos) and a webcam cover
*This offer is limited to the first 100 applicants!

We’re waiting for you to apply!
Application form

A Letter from the Boost Note Team

Daniel — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:54:32 +0000

Today, renewal of the Boost Note has been officially launched!
https://boostnote.io/
https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next

Since we launched the first version of Boost Note in 3 years ago, there have been both ups and downs.

The greatest of these ups is that we gained more than 600k of beloved Boost Note users; and as an open source project, we’re creating Boost Note together with every single of you from all over the world.

I can’t thank those who have contributed to Boost Note enough, we are really grateful for this.
At the end of this post, I will introduce almost 100 people who contributed recently.

The major down happened right after we released the first version of Boost Note, when all the members left and I was the only one remaining on the team.

Although it was really a hard time for me, many contributors helped Boost Note and me. Boost Note could never come this far without your support. I will never ever forget what you all did.

This experience has strongly bonded us to our corporate mission. Our mission is ‘to empower creators by realizing the standards of tomorrow’.

Lately, you have been hearing that technology replaces more and more jobs.
I think the programmer will be the protagonist in this new era, so we believe you are the most important creators.

I would like to empower even more all the talented developers out there, like our helpful Boost Note contributors, and make this world a better place together.

From now on

Mobile App of Boost Note(iOS/Android) will be released by the end of January! The original plan was to release before 2019 ends, my apologies for not being able to meet this deadline.

In addition, we’ll also launch the team version of Boost Note. If you are interested to try it out, please sign up here and I will invite you!
https://boostnote.io/wiki

The goodie campaign

We’ll send you two stickers(old and new logos) and a webcam cover
*This offer is limited to the first 100 applicants!

We’re waiting for you to apply! application form

To our proud contributors

We received tons of contributions on the old Boostnote.
We really want to thank all of you in face to face, but sorry it ended up being written here. Thank you with all my heart!

sota1235 https://github.com/sota1235
daiyam https://github.com/daiyam
ZeroX-DG https://github.com/ZeroX-DG
roottool https://github.com/roottool
yosmoc https://github.com/yosmoc
AWolf81 https://github.com/AWolf81
bimlas https://github.com/bimlas
nathan-castlehow https://github.com/nathan-castlehow
PaulRosset https://github.com/PaulRosset
ytk141 https://github.com/ytk141
Antogin https://github.com/Antogin
nadr0 https://github.com/nadr0
enyaxu https://github.com/enyaxu
dredav https://github.com/dredav
pfftdammitchris https://github.com/pfftdammitchris
vienai8d https://github.com/vienai8d
AgentEpsilon https://github.com/AgentEpsilon
Simon-the-Sorcerer https://github.com/Simon-the-Sorcerer
hooklife https://github.com/hooklife
abnersajr https://github.com/abnersajr
richardtks https://github.com/richardtks
anasasilva https://github.com/anasasilva
MSSandroid https://github.com/MSSandroid
mrseanbaines https://github.com/mrseanbaines
arcturus140 https://github.com/arcturus140
LeoLamCY https://github.com/LeoLamCY
nagledb https://github.com/nagledb
max-buranbaev https://github.com/max-buranbaev
mirsch https://github.com/mirsch
lazytyper https://github.com/lazytyper
bkjohnson https://github.com/bkjohnson
xxdavid https://github.com/xxdavid
mikeres0 https://github.com/mikeres0
lurong-hkg https://github.com/lurong-hkg
ivanovserge https://github.com/ivanovserge
andyklimczak https://github.com/andyklimczak
KuangLei https://github.com/KuangLei
Djdany95 https://github.com/Djdany95
twhiting https://github.com/twhiting
redcom https://github.com/redcom
kg86 https://github.com/kg86
hooskers https://github.com/hooskers
empeje https://github.com/empeje
XGHeaven https://github.com/XGHeaven
SCdF https://github.com/SCdF
Gansgar https://github.com/Gansgar
robbawebba https://github.com/robbawebba
ibraude https://github.com/ibraude
Olcod https://github.com/Olcod
asmsuechan https://github.com/asmsuechan
sosukesuzuki https://github.com/sosukesuzuki
ehhc https://github.com/ehhc
yougotwill https://github.com/yougotwill
mslourens https://github.com/mslourens
rayou https://github.com/rayou
nlopin https://github.com/nlopin
amedora https://github.com/amedora
MiloTodt https://github.com/MiloTodt
voidsatisfaction https://github.com/voidsatisfaction
hikerpig https://github.com/hikerpig
kohei-takata https://github.com/kohei-takata
duartefrazao https://github.com/duartefrazao
dojineko https://github.com/dojineko
PrimaMateria https://github.com/PrimaMateria
Redsandro https://github.com/Redsandro
miguelalexbt https://github.com/miguelalexbt
kawmra https://github.com/kawmra
clone1612 https://github.com/clone1612
GuilhermeJSilva https://github.com/GuilhermeJSilva
elfman https://github.com/elfman
sferra https://github.com/sferra
romainwn https://github.com/romainwn
kostaldavid8 https://github.com/kostaldavid8
Paalon https://github.com/Paalon
yamash723 https://github.com/yamash723
mikaoelitiana https://github.com/mikaoelitiana
zhouxiaoxiaoxujian https://github.com/zhouxiaoxiaoxujian
minbaby https://github.com/minbaby
jarvisuser90 https://github.com/jarvisuser90
Rxbsxn https://github.com/Rxbsxn
shmolf https://github.com/shmolf
maykefreitas https://github.com/maykefreitas
jacobherrington https://github.com/jacobherrington
hsiehjack https://github.com/hsiehjack
SalvatoreTosti https://github.com/SalvatoreTosti
KazumiHARADA https://github.com/KazumiHARADA
zzdjk6 https://github.com/zzdjk6
saaguero https://github.com/saaguero
lvarado https://github.com/lvarado
kazuhisya https://github.com/kazuhisya
gediminaspetrikas https://github.com/gediminaspetrikas
dtom90 https://github.com/dtom90
StormBurpee https://github.com/StormBurpee
MrBMT https://github.com/MrBMT
Danmou https://github.com/Danmou
jhdcruz https://github.com/jhdcruz
alwxkxk https://github.com/alwxkxk

Renewal of the Boost Note(beta)

Daniel — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:34:39 +0000

Main topics

The name has been changed from "Boostnote" to "Boost Note"!
We released the beta version of this web application (Windows, Linux and macOS)
We will release the mobile version (iOS and Android) around the end of the year
By utilizing cloud, we can synchronize across all devices
We started a crowdfunding campaign
A team version will be released next April

Why did you renew it now?

Hi! I 'm KZ from the Boost Note development team.

Today, the beta version of the renewed version of Boost Note, a markdown editor for developers, has been launched!

Boost Note has been used by 600k+ developers since its release and has grown with the help of the open-source community.

We received so much feedback via GitHub issues and Twitter. There was always doubt in our minds, and a question always kept popping up: "How much company resources should be devoted to Boost Note".

We also operated IssueHunt, an open-source developer support service. For this reason, Boost Note was updated by the community.
We deeply thank the people who enthusiastically submitted contributions and feature requests as well as those who helped us update Boost Note.

We have been worried for a long time. We have decided to start a Boost Note renewal project to deliver the services users really need.
I'm really happy to announce the beta release today. We will continue to develop and improve in the future.
The renewal version is also available as open-source, so I hope that everyone continue to contribute and make it into the tool that you hope for!

https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next

The official version will be released around mid-January, 2020.

In addition, the service name has been changed from "Boostnote" to "Boost Note" with the update.

This is because we anticipate releasing products of Boost series.
In addition to Boost Note's team version(We will name this Boost Wiki), we will release products to help developers. Look forward to it!

Main features

Cloud (CouchDB is used, so it can be used offline. Use of the cloud function is not required and local storage can still be used)
Multiple directories (it is possible to create an infinite number of child folders)
Multi-device (Web, desktop app and mobile app)
For this release, technical specifications are summarized in this GitHub issue.

Future releases

Plug-in store / Everyone can post and use their own plug-ins by converting uncommon features into plug-ins.)
Boost Wiki / It is a collaborative Boost Note for team. Click here for advance application. https://boostnote.io/wiki/

How to migrate data from old-Boostnote

First of all, thank you to all the users who have used Boost Note for a long time! Thank you for waiting.

You will need to manually transfer data from the old-Boostnote to the new-Boost Note (Just a few seconds!).

Please take the following steps.

From your PC, open the folder containing the old Boostnote data
Select .cson files
Open Preferences → Import at new Boost Note and upload files by drag and drop (complete!)

Announcement

Running a Kickstarter campaign

We have been using Kickstarter and we are crowdfunding until the end of this month.
This is a chance to get this CF limited goods, so please check it out!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kazz-boostio/new-boost-note

Team version will be released next April

The team version of Boost Note is under development with the keyword "Sonar for your information".
Pre-application has started, and we plan to start distributing it to those who have applied in advance, so if you are interested, please apply here!

https://boostnote.io/wiki/

Thank you for your new Boost Note! Enjoy 😽

Support the new Boost Note and get your rewards!

Daniel — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:39:29 +0000

Behind the scenes

We are always thankful that you let us support your note-taking with Boost Note. And some of you even contribute to improving the app with your development skills!

To show our appreciation, we decided to take the Boost Note to the next level. Today, we are pleased to announce that we will release the new Boost Note in January 2020. It's much-improved UI, and this time, you will see the mobile app for iOS and Android too!

We will keep the pros of the current one, and it's still open-source. But we are planning to provide what the community has been waiting for for a long time. This change will make your note-taking a lot easier and more convenient. We believe this is an exciting change for the Boost Note users!

Let's compare the features!

The current Boost Note

Since it is a desktop app, it can be used offline
Automatically save your notes
Write while confirming the contents in the semi-live preview
More than 100 code syntax highlights
Highly customizable, appearance, hotkeys, and more
Translated into more than 20 languages

The new Boost Note

Web app
Mobile app (iOS/Android)
Cloud storage is available
UI will be more sophisticated and comfortable to use
The team version will be available the next spring 2020

Please support ss via Kickstarter!

Since this is a fantastic change, we would like to share not only with the existing users but also with the potential users. That's why we have started a Kickstarter campaign recently.

We are surprised that we could hit our smallest goal just in a few days, and we appreciate that there are a lot of people who care about our app and willing to support us!

We would love to put more effort to spread this amazing app if we could get more support from you, so please check our Kickstarter campaign page from here! We have prepared rewards for you too ;)

Boostnote v0.13 Release 🚀

Daniel — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:17:30 +0000

Boostnote v0.13 has been released 🙌 Thank you so much for all of contributor's effort!

BREAKING NEWS:
The renewal of Boostnote will be released end of Nov, 2019. To keep updated, subscribe our mailing list!

Features🥁

Format markdown content with Prettier #3093
Add support for plantUML mindmap, wbs, gantt #3249
Add sidebar collapse button to sidebar while viewing the tags list #3239
Add option to disable the automiatic deletion of un-referenced attach… #3225
Update Chinese translation #3219
Add CodeEditor::setLineContent method to manipulate line contents #3197
Suppport auto generating toc content for the [TOC] tag #3173
Html to md feature #3099

Bug Fixes 🐛

Fix #3160 Add ability to sort lines with hotkey combination #3257
Fix the same hot-key pattern as the one already in use #3256
Fix throwing of exception on multiple instances #3243
Fix Dracula theme buttons in storage settings #3238
Fix: Can't open external browser in Markdown Preview with external link containing '#' #3233
Fix #888 - Wrong word count due splitting #3226
Fix #2636 - Can't scroll to bottom of editor pane #3206
Fix JavaScript hello world example #3204
Fix #3174: Enable dragging of notes #3195
fix: HotkeyTab accidentally set incomplete hotkey, related #3190 #3194
Fix #3190 - App blanks out after setting HotKey #3193
Fix XSS vulnerability after PDF export (issue #3178) #3192
Fix routing for tag filtering (issue #3157) #3191
Only show context menu if "switch preview" is not set to "on right click" #3186
Stricter regex pattern in pathname matching, fix #3183 #3184
Fix #3060 - broken TOC Link #3181
Fix #2935 - Selecting multiple notes when opening them #3180
Fix #3159 - blanking with "href" in an element #3179
MarkdownPreview should scroll to top after selecting another note, also fix #3023 #3177
optimize: should highlight any non-empty search query, fix #3164 #3175
tweak MarkdownPreview style to optimize overflow scrollbar display #3136
Fix #3007 - xss related to mermaid #3028

Dev 🛠

npm 'test' script should contain jest tests #3272

Boostnote.Next

The renewal of Boostnote will be released end of Nov, 2019. To keep updated, subscribe our mailing list!