# antonmedv/textarea

A minimalist text editor that lives in URL

Repository: https://github.com/antonmedv/textarea
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/textarea
Homepage: https://textarea.my
Language: HTML
License Family: other
Topics: minimalistic, notes, text-editor, markdown
Last push: 2026-07-18T08:15:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 31, longevity 18
- inputs: {"age_days": 254, "days_push": 46, "days_rel": 244, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2524, forks 194 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:58.496043+00:00)

## What it is
A minimalist browser-based text editor that stores all text compressed in the URL hash, requiring no backend or account. Notes can be shared simply by copying the URL, and styling can be customized via CSS.

## Use cases
- quickly jot down notes in the browser without installing anything
- share a snippet of text or markdown via a link
- write a note and send it to someone without a server
- create a self-contained styled note page
- save temporary text without cookies or accounts

## When to choose
- you want zero-setup, no-account note taking
- you need to share text as a plain URL
- you value privacy since nothing is stored server-side

## When to avoid
- you need long-term persistent storage or note history
- your notes are too long to fit in a URL
- you need collaboration or multi-device sync

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, compression, markdown
- domain: text-editors, web-development, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: browser
- tags: url-hash-storage, minimalist, notes, client-side, no-backend, shareable-links, web-server

## Member repositories
- antonmedv/textarea (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.496043+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:25:32.967472+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/antonmedv/textarea (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.496043+00:00, sha 8d5bcf8f3a7f)
  - homepage: https://textarea.my (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:57.009919+00:00, sha 7bc4c20b249c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.