Credits

Kiln is built on the shoulders of giants. It relies on a robust ecosystem of open-source tools to parse your notes, highlight your code, and render your diagrams.

Core Technology

• Go: Kiln is written in Go, chosen for its speed, concurrency model, and ability to compile into a single, dependency-free binary.

Backend Libraries

These libraries run during the build process to transform your Markdown into HTML.

• Goldmark: A standards-compliant, extensible Markdown parser. It handles the heavy lifting of converting your notes into web pages.
• Chroma: A general-purpose syntax highlighter. It powers the coloring of code blocks without relying on external CSS or Javascript.

Frontend Libraries

These libraries are loaded by the user's browser to provide interactivity and visual rendering.

• Mermaid.js: A Javascript-based diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown definitions into dynamic visualizations.
• MathJax: An open-source JavaScript display engine for LaTeX, enabling high-quality mathematical typesetting.

Typography

Kiln embeds these open-source fonts directly into the build to ensure privacy and performance.

• Inter: Designed by Rasmus Andersson. A typeface carefully crafted for computer screens.
• Merriweather: Designed by Sorkin Type. A serif font designed to be highly readable on screens.
• Lato: Designed by Łukasz Dziedzic. A humanist sans-serif font.

Visual Themes

Kiln includes ports of these beautiful community-created color palettes.

• Catppuccin: A community-driven pastel theme that aims to be the middle ground between high and low contrast.
• Nord: An arctic, north-bluish color palette. Designed for a clean and clutter-free workflow.
• Dracula: A dark theme for many editors, shells, and more. Famous for its vibrant colors and high contrast.