Bloom Editor

A clean, distraction-free blog editor built as a desktop app. Write beautifully, organize effortlessly, export anywhere.

Built by Incubyte.

Features

• Rich text editing — Powered by Tiptap with support for headings, bold, italic, links, code blocks, lists, and blockquotes
• Document management — Create, switch, and delete documents from the sidebar. Auto-saves as you type
• Command palette — Press Cmd+K to search and run any command
• Dark mode — Toggle between light and dark themes, or let it follow your OS preference
• Export — Save as Markdown or HTML via native file dialog, or copy Markdown to clipboard
• Zen mode — Hide the sidebar and focus on writing
• Word count and read time — Live stats in the status bar

Tech Stack

• Tauri v2 — Lightweight desktop runtime (Rust backend)
• React 19 + TypeScript
• Tiptap — Rich text editor framework
• Vite — Build tooling
• Vitest — Testing (118 tests)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+)
• Rust
• Tauri prerequisites for your platform — see Tauri setup guide

Run

git clone https://github.com/incubyte/bloom-editor.git
cd bloom-editor
npm install
npm run tauri dev

Test

npm test

Project Structure

src/
├── editor/       # Tiptap editor, extensions, export
├── storage/      # Document persistence (.bloom files in ~/Documents/Bloom/)
├── shell/        # Command palette, keyboard shortcuts, theme
└── plugins/      # Plugin registration API

Plugin API

Bloom Editor exposes a plugin API for extending the editor with custom commands, editor extensions, export formats, keyboard shortcuts, and UI panels.

import {
  registerCommands,
  registerCommandHandler,
  registerEditorExtension,
  registerExportFormat,
  registerKeyboardShortcut,
  PluginProvider,
} from "./plugins";

See src/plugins/index.ts for the full API surface.

License

MIT

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