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MarkdownManager: tiny self-hosted PHP Markdown browser + editor (flat files, no DB)

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GitHub - Henkster72/MarkdownManager: MarkdownManager is a fast, flexible, self-hosted Markdown viewer + editor for your private notes: built with plain PHP, zero database, and files you can open with any editor.

I kept bouncing between two annoying extremes: “just edit markdown files in a folder” (great) and “use a notes app” (suddenly you’re managing accounts, syncing, databases, exports, and whatever the app feels like today).

So I built MarkdownManager: a small self-hosted tool that lets you browse and edit a folder of .md notes in your browser, with a preview right next to it. The important part: your notes stay as normal files on disk. No database, no vendor-shaped gravity well. If you stop using it, nothing breaks and your files are still just… files.

Repo: https://github.com/Henkster72/MarkdownManager

If you try it and hate something (UI flow, mobile layout, how it handles folders, whatever), I’m genuinely interested in the sharp feedback.

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