TiddlyDesktop for Linux users

#1

I spotted a couple of itches.

  1. Quote from the README at GitHub - TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop: A custom desktop browser for TiddlyWiki 5 and TiddlyWiki Classic, based on nw.js :

Unzip into a folder and run TiddlyWiki.app or nw.exe and for linux nw

Current working directory in Linux is generally not present in PATH. Linux users learn this quite early, but it’s a common beginner pitfall.

After downloading the tarball, unzipping it, changing directory into the unzipped one, the nw command will not start TiddlyDesktop. ./nw will.

  1. The same README advertises the availability of release Linux AppImages, but I don’t see that in the release asset list. There’s no AppImage download there. Is the README out of sync with the real situation?

So there are two options to use TiddlyDesktop on Linux and the first use experience can be discouraging for new users.

#2

I agree, but this appears to be because there has not been a release since the AppImage was introduced in December 2024..

For my part - I like the concept of AppImages and self-contained software in general, like Fossil SCM, Micro editor, and single-file TiddlyWiki.

However, I don’t think AppImages would be a good fit for TiddlyWiki in the long term, as they are tied to X11.

My basic understanding is that we cannot unlock the potential of Wayland (like my hobby horse around better middle-click behaviour), if we use packages built as AppImages.

#3

Ahh, this is more appropriate for the “Most Wanted 2025” thread, but I am dreaming about the time when I’ll be able to commit a single file TiddlyWiki into a Fossil repository, have Fossil serve it through its web interface, and have changes autocommited everytime I change a tiddler like in Tiddloid or TiddlyDesktop.