Paperling

What's new in v1.1.1

• macOS: a real Mac window. The red, yellow and green buttons are back, at the left of the title bar, and the green one (or ⌃⌘F) takes Paperling into true fullscreen, with the menu bar and the Dock out of the way (#262).

Installation

• Windows: .msi (recommended) or .exe (NSIS installer)
• Linux: .deb or .AppImage
• macOS: .dmg (Apple Silicon + Intel, universal)
• Android: Paperling_1.1.1_aarch64.apk attached below (arm64-v8a; allow "install unknown apps" once)

See the CHANGELOG for the full history.

What's new in v1.1.0

Paperling 1.1 is about the basics: reading, editing and saving feel right from the first minute.

• Edit while you read. Double-click a sentence in Reader to fix it in place.
• Saving you can see. A Save button, and autosave on for new installs.
• Zoom. Ctrl + / Ctrl -, or Ctrl + mouse wheel.
• Open a folder, with Files and Outline side by side.
• Follows your system's light or dark theme, with a calmer title bar and settings menu.
• Fixes for touchscreen PCs, macOS double-click, and Android open, save and keyboard.

Your current settings are kept when you update.

Full release notes

Thank you

To @leewaichong and @Gracy769 for their fixes, and to @Schadenfreund, @trymeouteh and @user-7510 for the reports that shaped this release.

Installation

• Windows: .msi (recommended) or .exe (NSIS installer)
• Linux: .deb or .AppImage
• macOS: .dmg (Apple Silicon + Intel, universal)
• Android: Paperling_1.1.0_aarch64.apk attached below (arm64-v8a; allow "install unknown apps" once)

See the CHANGELOG for the full history.

What's new in v1.0.51

Android: one-time reinstall (please read before updating)

This Android update is signed with a new key, so Android will not install it over version 1.0.50 ("App not installed"). You need to uninstall 1.0.50 first, and uninstalling deletes the notes stored inside the app, so save them out first:

1. In Paperling 1.0.50, open each note and choose Menu → Save as… → Save to Downloads. This saves the note as a .md file in your Downloads folder, which is kept when the app is removed.
2. Uninstall Paperling 1.0.50, then install Paperling_1.0.51_aarch64.apk.
3. Open your notes again with Menu → Open from device… and pick them from Downloads.

The new key is stored permanently, so future Android updates install normally over this one. Desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux) updates as usual.

Added

• Right-to-left languages. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu now read the right way round. Each line in the editor, and each paragraph, heading, list, quote and table in Reader, follows the language it is written in, so mixed notes just work, and code always stays left-to-right. In the editor, Ctrl+Right Shift switches the whole note to right-to-left and Ctrl+Left Shift goes back to automatic, as in other Windows editors, and Settings → Editor → "Text direction" lets you pick Auto, LTR or RTL for good. Exports keep the direction. (#216)
• Nothing is lost in a crash. Unsaved changes, including brand-new notes that were never saved, are kept safe in the background. If Paperling is force-closed, crashes or the computer restarts, your text is back the next time you open the app.
• Replace across files. Folder search (Ctrl+Shift+F) can now replace every match in every note at once, after asking you to confirm, with a one-click "Undo replace". A whole-word option joins the search too, and .txt notes are included.
• Manage files from the file panel. Create notes and folders, rename (F2) and delete (Delete key or right-click) without leaving Paperling. Deleted items go to a .trash folder next to them, so nothing is ever destroyed, and open tabs follow a rename.
• Custom keyboard shortcuts. Settings → Shortcuts lets you rebind any command: click it and press the new keys. Paperling warns if the keys are already taken. Settings search now finds any setting from any page.
• Multiple cursors. Ctrl+D (Cmd+D) selects the next occurrence of the current word so you can edit them all at once, and Ctrl/Cmd+click adds cursors. Other occurrences of a selected word are highlighted.
• Callouts, tags and comments. > [!NOTE], > [!WARNING] and 25 other callout types render as coloured boxes (foldable with [!NOTE]-). #tags become pills that search your folder, and %%comments%% stay hidden in Reader, as in Obsidian.
• Better diagrams. Mermaid diagrams open at their natural size instead of stretching across the page, and can be zoomed (Ctrl+scroll, + / -), panned, shown fullscreen, copied as a PNG or saved as an SVG.
• Go back after following a link. Ctrl/Cmd+Alt+Left and Right, or the mouse's back and forward buttons, take you back to where you were after following a link, a search result or a backlink.
• Follow links from the editor. Ctrl/Cmd+click a [[wikilink]], a web address or a link to another note right in the source. [[Note#Heading]] links now jump straight to the heading.
• Keep your place when switching views. Going from Reader to Edit (and back) opens at the paragraph you were reading instead of the top of the note. Text you select in Reader is selected in the editor, ready to fix. Split view stays aligned past images, tables and code.
• Each tab remembers its state. Caret, scroll position and undo history survive switching between tabs, and switching no longer flashes the previous note.
• Keyboard-friendly lists and tasks. Tab and Shift+Tab nest and un-nest list item

What's new in v1.0.50

Added

• Paperling for Android. The full app, rebuilt for touch: a paper-first shell with Files / Outline / Read within thumb's reach, opening any .md from the system document picker or straight from a file manager via "Open with", saving back to your device's notes folder, Export as HTML into Downloads, system back-button handling that never eats unsaved work, and find-and-replace with proper mobile keyboard hints. The app menu carries New / Open / Save / Export / Find / Statistics / AI / Settings, Zen mode included. This first build is an arm64-v8a APK attached to the GitHub release — install it by allowing "install unknown apps" for your browser once. Modern Android phones only (Android 10+).
• Zen mode. Press F9 (or pick it from the command palette) and everything but the page melts away: just your document, centered, in the reading typography. The canvas is editable in place with Ctrl+E, a top bar appears when you hover the screen edge, and the choice is remembered across launches.
• Backlinks panel. The link icon in the status bar lists every note that links to the one you are reading, so following the trail backwards no longer means searching by hand.
• Save conflicts are caught. If a file changed on disk after you opened it — another editor, a sync tool — Paperling now asks before overwriting instead of silently clobbering the newer copy, and can keep either side.
• Unsaved tabs are marked. A tab holding unsubmitted changes shows a bullet next to its name, matching the • in the window title, so a quick glance tells you what still needs saving.
• Optional Vim mode. Settings → Editor → "Vim mode" turns on modal editing in the editor: h/j/k/l movement, the full normal/insert/visual set, : commands. Everything else stays exactly as it was when it is off. (#119)
• Three new themes and an accent color. Graphite, Nord and Midnight join Dark, Light, Paper and Dracula, and each theme's accent color can be tuned in Appearance. (#172)
• Custom system fonts. Enter an installed font family in Appearance to use it across the interface, Markdown preview and exports, with Inter as a safe fallback. (#113)
• Paperling remembers your window. Size, position and whether it was maximized are restored the next time you launch, instead of always reopening at the default 1000x700 in the middle of the screen. Thanks to @andychey.
• Familiar shortcuts. Ctrl+F4 also closes the current tab, and F1 also opens the command palette, alongside the existing Ctrl+W and Ctrl+P. Thanks to @skycommand.
• LM Studio preset. The AI settings now offer LM Studio next to Gemini, OpenAI and Ollama: pick it and the local server endpoint fills itself, no API key needed. (#115)
• Chat history depth setting. Choose how many previous chat turns are sent with each AI panel message (Settings → AI, default 8). Lower it to save tokens with local models, or set 0 to make every message start fresh. (#111)
• The AI panel is resizable. Drag its left edge to make it as wide as you need, or focus the edge and use the arrow keys. The width is remembered, and the editor reflows beside it as you drag. (#111)
• Your chats are kept. Closing the AI panel or starting a new chat no longer throws the conversation away. Past chats are listed under the new history button in the panel header, survive restarting the app, and can be deleted individually. (#111)
• The AI icon animation can be turned off. Settings → AI → "Animate the AI icon" switches the shimmer on the title-bar AI button off, leaving it as plain text. (#111)
• New ways to install. Paperling is now packaged as a Nix flake (#117) and a portable Windows zip for Scoop (#48), and the macOS download is a single universal .dmg with honest Gatekeeper instructions (#94, #103).

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