Post #2161062

2026-05-06 17:17 UTC

Parchment is now available. Parchment is a plain text editor for #GNOME that delivers a clean and distraction-free writing experience. It stays out of your way and allows you to focus on what really matters: writing. I have written dozens of blog posts and several software projects using Parchment, including Parchment itself. Writeup ⇒ https://www.vtrlx.ca/posts/2026/parchment-now-available/ Get it on Flathub ⇒ https://flathub.org/apps/details/ca.vtrlx.Parchment Source code ⇒ https://codeberg.org/vtrlx/parchment

Replies (8)

@vtrlx@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 17:28

Parchment is "maximally minimalist" in scope; It contains only the features it needs and nothing more. Despite this relatively small size, Parchment has been over two years in the making. This is in part because I wanted to release a complete, finished app but also because I believed it was important to get it right. Other projects I've started and completed in that time served as exercises in determining what Parchment needed, and what it didn't. The result is what you see today.

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@tris@chaos.social 2026-05-06 18:59

@vtrlx@mastodon.social Remember seeing https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2026/02/06/mid-life-transitions/, could it be spiritual successor to GNOME Text Editor?

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@VATVSLPR@c.im 2026-05-06 19:19

@vtrlx@mastodon.social I'm surprised you chose to default to using a proportional font if code editing is an intended use case. I have a feeling I'm not going to be the only one who asks. Do you have a FAQ or something where you explain your design choices?

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@codebuzz@indieweb.social 2026-05-06 19:25

@vtrlx@mastodon.social Looks interesting. One thing though, it shows a screen with a tab with a Markdown file, but I can't read anywhere if it supports Markdown and if so, in what capacity. I'm curious if it does, that would make me want to try it out.

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@lerothas@tech.lgbt 2026-05-06 20:36

@vtrlx@mastodon.social What is the benefit in comparison to the other ~5 distraction-free gtk4\libAdwaita text editors? 🫣😱

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@souzsa@bolha.us 2026-05-06 23:12

@vtrlx@mastodon.social I liked that it has almost no input latency. Maybe the most responsive adwaita app I've used

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@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run 2026-05-06 23:17

@vtrlx@mastodon.social i continue to find every one of your design decisions surprising and compelling

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@loremipsum@s.cafe 2026-05-07 02:22

@vtrlx@mastodon.social cool

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