Ferrite by OlaProeis
A fast, lightweight text editor for Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML files. Built with Rust and egui for a native, responsive experience.
About Ferrite
From the project's README at github.com/OlaProeis/Ferrite. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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getferrite.dev, Official website with downloads, features, and documentation
A fast, lightweight text editor for Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML files. Built with Rust and egui for a native, responsive experience.
> Platform Note: Ferrite is developed and tested on Windows and Linux. macOS support is experimental. If you encounter issues, please report them.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 1.5k | github.com/OlaProeis/Ferrite |
| GitHub forks | 71 | github.com/OlaProeis/Ferrite |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 67 | ferrite |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 0.4 years | since Dec 2025 |
| Last commit | 14 days ago | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 16 | last: 14 days ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
- Show HN: Beyond Open Source: Why AI-Assisted Projects Need 'Open Method'
- Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering
- Show HN: Ced – C REPL in 50 lines of POSIX shell
- Ferrokey – embedded B-tree KV store in Rust, WAL crash recovery, zero deps
- Show HN: I built Male Hormone Lab Interpreter that does what LLMs can't
Ready to self-host Ferrite?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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