Anchoris 0.1.4: Convert HTML to Markdown, Better Onboarding, and Workspace Fixes

Anchoris 0.1.4 is now available for Mac.

This release is focused on making early workspace flows feel smoother and more useful: turning saved HTML into Markdown notes, helping new users start with less confusion, improving empty states across Pulse, Projects, and Graph, and fixing a set of small workflow details around file selection and workspace recovery.

Anchoris is still built around the same principle: your work should stay in a local folder you control, while the app helps you keep notes, files, captures, projects, and context connected over time.

Convert HTML into Markdown notes

The biggest workflow improvement in 0.1.4 is the ability to turn HTML files into Markdown notes.

Saved web pages are useful, but they are often hard to edit, quote, summarize, or connect with the rest of your notes. With HTML-to-Markdown conversion, Anchoris makes it easier to bring web research into your regular writing workflow.

You can keep the original HTML as source material, then create a Markdown version that is easier to edit, organize, link, and build on.

This is especially useful for:

• Saving research pages as editable Markdown notes
• Turning web articles into project materials
• Keeping local copies of references while writing your own summary
• Moving from "saved page" to "usable note"
• Bringing web research into a local-first workspace

The goal is not just to store web pages. The goal is to help useful material become part of your work.

A better start for new workspaces

Anchoris 0.1.4 also improves the first-run and new-workspace experience.

When you open a fresh folder, Anchoris now gives clearer guidance for what to do next: create a note, capture useful material, or start a project. Once the workspace has enough real content—or once you dismiss the guidance—the onboarding gets out of the way.

This makes the app feel better in both states:

• A new empty folder now has a clearer starting point.
• An active workspace no longer keeps showing large onboarding blocks.
• Dismissed onboarding stays dismissed for that workspace.
• Different workspaces keep their own onboarding state.

A local-first app should make folders feel understandable, not mysterious. This release makes that first step cleaner.

Cleaner Pulse, Projects, and Graph empty states

Several early workspace screens have been refined.

Pulse now handles onboarding more intentionally. Projects now has a clearer empty state for creating your first project. Graph now avoids showing confusing isolated nodes when there are no meaningful connections yet.

These changes are small, but they matter. Empty states are part of the product experience. They should explain what is possible without pretending that work already exists.

In 0.1.4:

• Pulse gives better guidance when a workspace is new.
• Projects makes it clearer why and how to create a project.
• Graph explains when there are no connections yet.
• Sparse or empty workspaces feel calmer and less broken.

Faster small actions around files and projects

This release also improves several small interactions around files and projects.

File selection is now more predictable. When selecting a range of files, the selected items use a consistent visual state. When you click away, the temporary multi-select state is cleared so it is easier to understand what will happen before a batch action.

Project handling is also more reliable across workspaces. A project from one workspace should not appear inside another workspace just because both exist on the same Mac.

Together, these fixes make Anchoris feel safer for everyday file work.

Better handling when a workspace folder is missing

Because Anchoris is local-first, your workspace is a real folder on your Mac.

That also means the folder can be moved, renamed, or deleted outside the app. In 0.1.4, Anchoris handles that case more gracefully. If the folder used last time can no longer be found, the app now explains what happened and lets you choose another folder or start again with the default Anchoris folder.

This is an important part of the local-first experience: the app should respect the file system, but also help users recover when the file system changes.

Fixes and polish

Anchoris 0.1.4 also includes a set of small fixes and UI refinements, including:

• HTML-to-Markdown conversion improvements
• Cleaner new-workspace onboarding
• Better Pulse guidance dismissal behavior
• Improved Projects empty state
• Improved Graph empty state when there are no connections
• Workspace-scoped project fixes
• More predictable Shift multi-select behavior in the file tree
• Better clearing of temporary multi-select state
• Improved handling when the previous workspace folder is missing
• More consistent light lavender button styling
• Small layout and interaction fixes across early workspace flows

Download Anchoris 0.1.4

Anchoris 0.1.4 is available now for Mac.

If you are new to Anchoris, you can download the latest version from the Download page. If you already use Anchoris, this release improves the everyday foundation of the app: turning saved material into editable notes, starting new workspaces, and keeping local project context clean.

Anchoris is still early, but the direction is clear: a local-first workspace for notes, files, web research, projects, and context—built around folders you control.

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