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21 Feb 09:11

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Kite is now a native desktop app powered by Electrobun.

What changed

  • Notes stored in SQLite (bun:sqlite) instead of IndexedDB — faster, more reliable
  • Native window via Electrobun with GTK WebKit (Linux), WebKit (macOS), WebView2 (Windows)
  • Typed RPC between the Bun main process and webview
  • Bundled Inter variable font
  • Ctrl+/- zoom support
  • Ctrl+K command palette hint in sidebar
  • Sidebar toggle changed to Ctrl+. (avoids CodeMirror comment conflict)
  • Fixed sidebar toggle rendering <!-- --> artifacts

Removed

  • Cloudflare Worker infrastructure (wrangler, worker stub)
  • IndexedDB storage (idb-keyval)
  • Browser-only sync system remnants

Install

Download the archive for your platform, extract, and run the launcher binary.

  • Linux: Requires webkit2gtk-4.1 (sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 or sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk-4.1)
  • macOS: ARM64 only (Apple Silicon)
  • Windows: x64