software
Cobogó
I thought the problem was rendering Markdown. Then editing pulled the document onto a surface. Then the same question started applying to folders.
- kind
- software
- started
- 2026
- state
- in progress · not public yet
Local-first spatial workspace for Markdown. It started as a renderer, then folders became part of the idea.
origin
The first shape.
SpatialMD was the first step: a way to write diagrams and visual notes in plain text. That version is dead. Cobogó is the idea that survived it.
why
Files should not always feel like lists.
Markdown is good because it survives tools. Most Markdown apps still make the work feel like a tree, a sidebar, and a pile of tabs.
Cobogó keeps the files local, then gives folders and documents a spatial surface where position can carry meaning too.
shape
A renderer became a workspace.
The current build has a shared parser and renderer, folder scenes, draggable cards, source editing, search, image previews, live refresh, and persisted layouts.
The desktop app is the real testbed. Android and iOS exist as targets, but the public promise is not there yet.
state
Active, but not announced.
It is past the pure demo stage and still before the clean public story. The next work is packaging, sharper examples, and deciding what the first real use case should be.