flatnotes - Improved image support in the v3.4 release 🎉
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adullage · 2023-10-27 12:19

Hey all, v3.4 of [flatnotes](https://flatnotes.io) has just been
released and I wanted to share it here in case anyone is interested.

For those that are unfamiliar, [flatnotes](https://flatnotes.io) is a
self-hosted, database-less note-taking web app that utilises a flat
folder of markdown files for storage. You can see a demo at
[demo.flatnotes.io](https://demo.flatnotes.io).

The latest v3.4 release greatly improves support for images.
Previously, images were converted to base64 which was then embedded in
the markdown file. Unfortunately, this didn't make for a great
experience when editing as you'd have to navigate around a large blob
of base64 text.

In this new release, images are now uploaded to an `/attachments`
directory located alongside the notes and then a simple link to the
image is inserted into the markdown file (e.g. `![My
Photo](/attachments/my-photo.jpg)`).

Since I last posted about flatnotes here there have also been [many
other improvements](https://github.com/dullage/flatnotes/releases)
including a new `read_only` authentication mode which allows you to
use flatnotes as a searchable front end for a bunch of markdown files.

I hope this is useful to some of you. Let me know if you have any
questions.

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Famku · 2023-10-27 13:54

nice app

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digitalindependent · 2023-10-27 16:29

Very interesting!

How do internal links work? I tried to link to the title of an
internal note but it doesn’t work…

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adullage · 2023-10-27 21:40

Currently, this is only possible by manually adding the link but it is
[the most requested
feature](https://github.com/dullage/flatnotes/issues/14) so I will be
taking a look soon.

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guesswhochickenpoo · 2023-12-07 23:27

Just doing a head to head of flatnotes and otterwiki and I'm wondering
if there is a way to mange the images or other attachments aside from
deleting and re-pasting or uploading the image in the editor. Is there
a way to rename, delete, etc the files without going into the file
system on the server?