# TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop

A custom desktop browser for TiddlyWiki 5 and TiddlyWiki Classic, based on nw.js

Repository: https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tiddlydesktop
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: tiddlywiki, javascript, nwjs, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-21T06:00:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4620, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 186, "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 1909, forks 135 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:53.000102+00:00)

## What it is
TiddlyDesktop is a special-purpose desktop browser built on nw.js for working with locally stored TiddlyWiki files (both TiddlyWiki 5 and Classic). It provides a dedicated app experience for editing and managing personal wikis saved on the local filesystem.

## Use cases
- run tiddlywiki as a native desktop app
- edit locally stored tiddlywiki files without a web server
- manage multiple personal wikis in one window
- use tiddlywiki offline on windows mac or linux
- save tiddlywiki changes directly to local files

## When to choose
- you use TiddlyWiki as your personal note-taking system and want a dedicated desktop app
- you want to avoid browser save dialogs and manage local wiki files directly
- you need offline, local-first wiki editing across Windows, macOS, or Linux

## When to avoid
- you want a hosted or multi-user wiki served over the web
- you need to run from a Windows UNC network share, which is unsupported
- you use a musl-based Linux distro like Alpine or a headless server without desktop dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, browser-extension, editor, markdown
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, text-editors, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: tiddlywiki, nwjs, personal-wiki, note-taking, local-first, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:53.000102+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 2026-08-30T03:11:05.928637+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:53.000102+00:00, sha a51e200f6448)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.