Meridian
The doc can’t hold structure
Your project lives in a document, so the moment you want it filtered by status or sorted by date, you rebuild it as a table by hand. Then the table goes stale.
One workspace, four shapes
Every thought needs a
different shape.
Meridian gives you four: a markdown editor, a relational database, an infinite canvas, and a daily journal. One workspace, one sidebar, one search — and everything links to everything else.
Free while in early access · no credit card · markdown in, markdown out
meridiannotes.com/note/interview-notes
Research / Interview notes
Interview notes
Five conversations this week. The pattern that keeps coming up: people don't want another app, they want the ones they have to stop disagreeing with each other.
"I keep the plan in one place and the actual work in another."
- Write up the five calls
- Pull the quotes into Findings
- Sketch the new shell on the canvas
const shape = pickShape(thought)
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Notes
markdown editor
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Databases
table · board · list · gallery
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Whiteboards
infinite canvas
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Daily Notes
one entry per day
The problem
You don’t have a notes problem. You have five apps that disagree.
Each one is good at exactly one shape of thinking, and none of them can see the others.
The spreadsheet can’t hold a thought
A row gives you 40 characters and a cell border. The reasoning behind the row — the part you’ll actually need in three months — ends up somewhere else, or nowhere.
The diagram lives in another tab
You sketch the architecture in a canvas tool that has never heard of your notes. Two weeks later nobody remembers which version of the sketch matched the plan.
How it works
Four moves, and the workspace stays out of your way.
No setup wizard, no templates to configure, no database schema to design before you can write a sentence.
- 01
Pick a shape
A note for prose, a database for anything you’ll want to filter, a whiteboard for anything spatial, Daily Notes for the running log. New item is one keystroke away.
- 02
Link it up
Type @ in any note to reference another note, database, or board. Drop a live note reference straight onto a canvas. Point a database column at another database.
- 03
Give it a home
Nest folders as deep as you like, pick an icon per item, and drag things into the order that makes sense. Or sort by name, created, or modified and stop deciding.
- 04
Find it again
⌘J opens the command palette for anything you want to do. ⌘P jumps straight to a file. Nothing is more than two keystrokes from the surface.
⌘ J
Command palette
New note, whiteboard, database, or folder. Jump to Daily Notes. Move a file, trash it, toggle the sidebar, open settings.
⌘ P
Go to file
Start typing a title and land in it. The fastest path between two things you’ve written.
Features
Everything in one tab. Literally.
Notes, databases, whiteboards, and a daily journal — one sidebar, one search, one export.
Notes
A real editor, and markdown underneath.
Rich text where rich text helps — headings, tables, task lists, syntax-highlighted code — stored as markdown so you can always take it somewhere else.
- Slash commands for headings, lists, task lists, blockquotes, code blocks, tables, and images.
- Paste and drop images straight into the page; they upload as you write.
- @-mentions to link any other note, database, or whiteboard inline — and embed a note inside another note.
- Autosave, debounced, with no save button to remember.
meridiannotes.com/note/q3-planning
Q3 planning
Three bets, one page. Everything below is markdown underneath — which is also what comes back out when you export.
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H1 Heading 1
[ ] Task List
{ } Code Block
▦ Table
▣ Image
Type @ to link another note, database, or board — the link stays live and works in both directions.
Databases
Structure, without leaving the workspace.
Turn anything you’d otherwise track in a spreadsheet into a database with real column types and saved views — where every row is also a full note.
- Four layouts — table, board, list, and gallery — each saved as its own view.
- Ten column types including select, multi-select, status, date, URL, checkbox, and relations to other databases.
- Filters, sorts, and group-by per view, plus column reordering, resizing, and visibility.
- Every row is a page — open it and write as much as the row deserves.
- Export a view as a zip of markdown files, one per row.
meridiannotes.com/database/roadmap
Table Board List Gallery 2 filters Sort: Due
| Task | Status | Owner | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rewrite onboarding | In progress | IL | Sep 12 |
| Migrate uploads to S3 | Blocked | AK | Sep 18 |
| Ship export to markdown | Done | IL | Aug 30 |
| Board layout polish | Todo | MR | Oct 02 |
Every row opens as a full note.
Whiteboards
The canvas that knows what you wrote.
An infinite board for the thinking that refuses to be a list — and unlike a standalone canvas tool, it can point at the actual notes and databases in your workspace.
- Text and image cards, connected with edges you can draw and delete.
- Live note references — drop a note onto the canvas and read it in place.
- Item links to jump from the board into any note, database, or other board.
- Pan, zoom, and a context menu for adding nodes wherever you clicked.
meridiannotes.com/whiteboard/architecture
New editor shell
Split panes, one gutter
Interview notes
Hiring pipeline
− 100% +
Daily Notes
One page per day, always where you left it.
A journal addressed by date rather than by title. No filename to invent, no folder to choose — just today, and a calendar showing which days you actually showed up.
- Month calendar that marks the days with an entry, so gaps are visible at a glance.
- One entry per date, plain markdown, autosaved as you type.
- One keystroke away from anywhere in the app.
meridiannotes.com/journal
September 2026
MTWTFSS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
17 entries this month
2026-09-23
Wednesday
Shipped the export. Whole thing came out as a zip of markdown, folders intact — which was the point.
Tomorrow: the board layout still loses its group-by on reload.
Autosaved · one entry per day, addressed by date
Folders · Palette · Import & export
Find anything. Take it with you.
Nested folders, an icon for every item, and a command palette that covers every action in the app. And when you want your writing elsewhere, it leaves as markdown.
- Nested folders with drag-and-drop ordering, or sort by name, created, or modified.
- An icon per item from the full Tabler set, so the sidebar is scannable instead of a wall of text.
- Import markdown — single
.mdfiles or a zip, with the folder structure preserved. - Export everything as a zip of markdown files. No lock-in, no proprietary archive.
- Trash with restore, so deleting is never a decision you can’t walk back.
meridiannotes.com — command palette
Work
Q3 planning
Hiring pipeline
Research
Interview notes
Sources
Papers
Archive
new
⌘J
Create
New Note
New Whiteboard
New Database
Navigate
Go To File ⌘P
Daily Notes
How Meridian is different
Pick two of three, or don’t.
Markdown editors keep your files but fight structure. Suites give you structure and keep your files. Canvas tools don’t know your notes exist.
Markdown-native storage
What you write is markdown, not a proprietary blob.
- Meridian
- Yes
- Markdown editor · Obsidian-style
- Yes
- All-in-one suite · Notion-style
- No
- Canvas tool · Miro-style
- No
Relational databases
Real column types, saved views, relations between databases.
- Meridian
- Yes
- Markdown editor · Obsidian-style
- Only via community plugins Partial
- All-in-one suite · Notion-style
- Yes
- Canvas tool · Miro-style
- No
Infinite canvas
A board for the thinking that isn’t a list.
- Meridian
- Yes
- Markdown editor · Obsidian-style
- Partial
- All-in-one suite · Notion-style
- Partial
- Canvas tool · Miro-style
- Yes
Canvas that references your notes
Live note nodes and links back into the workspace.
- Meridian
- Yes
- Markdown editor · Obsidian-style
- Partial
- All-in-one suite · Notion-style
- No
- Canvas tool · Miro-style
- No
Date-addressed daily journal
One page per day with a calendar of what you wrote.
- Meridian
- Yes
- Markdown editor · Obsidian-style
- Plugin-dependent Partial
- All-in-one suite · Notion-style
- Partial
- Canvas tool · Miro-style
- No
One-click full export
Everything out as a zip of .md files, folders intact.
- Meridian
- Yes
- Markdown editor · Obsidian-style
- Yes
- All-in-one suite · Notion-style
- Partial
- Canvas tool · Miro-style
- No
Nothing to install
Open a URL, sign in, keep working on the next machine.
- Meridian
- Yes
- Markdown editor · Obsidian-style
- No
- All-in-one suite · Notion-style
- Yes
- Canvas tool · Miro-style
- Yes
Meridian is the one that does all four shapes and still hands your writing back as plain markdown. No lock-in, no plugin archaeology.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is it free?
Yes — everything Meridian ships today is free while it is in early access, and there is no credit card involved. What is built and what is planned are both laid out in the pricing and roadmap section.
Can I get my notes back out?
Any time. Settings → Export hands you a zip of markdown files with your folder structure preserved. Notes are stored as markdown internally, so nothing is being converted or approximated on the way out.
Can I bring my existing notes in?
Yes. Settings → Import accepts individual
.md files or a zip archive, and it recreates the folder structure from the paths inside the archive. If you are coming from another markdown app, this is usually a single drag.What is the difference between a note and a database row?
Nothing, structurally — a database row is a note. It just also has typed columns attached, so it can show up in a table, a board, a list, or a gallery. Open a row and you get the full editor.
Is there a mobile app?
Not yet. The web app is responsive and works in a mobile browser, with a bottom bar in place of the sidebar. A native app is not on the near-term roadmap.
Does it work offline?
No. Meridian is a web app backed by a Postgres database, so it needs a connection. Offline support is on the roadmap, not shipped.
Where is my data stored?
In a Postgres database on our own server, behind session-based authentication. Your notes are not used to train anything and are not sold. To delete your account and everything in it, email us from the address on the account.
Light or dark?
Both, plus a system option that follows your OS. The app defaults to system.
Pricing & roadmap
Free while it’s early. Honest about the rest.
Here is exactly what exists today and exactly what doesn’t yet. The roadmap columns are plans, not promises.
Available now
$0 while in early access
Everything Meridian does today.
- Unlimited notes, databases, and whiteboards
- Four database layouts and ten column types
- Daily Notes with a month calendar
- Nested folders, per-item icons, trash & restore
- Command palette and quick file switching
- Markdown import and full markdown export
- Light, dark, and system themes
Coming next
The next things being worked on.
- Full-text search across note content
- Sharing and read-only public links
- Offline editing with sync
- Nested pages inside a note
Later
Planned further out.
- AI chat grounded in your workspace
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Native mobile app
- API and webhooks
Get started
Open one tab. Close four.
Bring your markdown in, write in whatever shape the thought needs, and take everything with you whenever you want.