JotBird Changelog ¶

All notable changes to JotBird are documented here.

May 2026 ¶

• Obsidian plugin now available in the community directory: The JotBird plugin for Obsidian is now listed in the official Obsidian community plugin directory. Search for "JotBird" in Community Plugins to install.

• Bug fixes for Pro users with namespaced pages (all present since namespaced URLs launched in April. Mea culpa.):

  • Republishing a namespaced page from the editor would fail with a permissions error.
  • Even when that was resolved, the published page would not reflect the updated content.
  • Published namespaced pages were cached for 5 minutes, so updates would not appear immediately.
  • Unpublishing a namespaced page would fail with a permissions error.
  • Page settings (theme, hide branding) couldn't be changed for namespaced pages.
  • Social preview images didn't load when sharing namespaced URLs.

• MCP server v0.1.6: Namespace support. Pro users with a username can now publish at permanent namespaced URLs (share.jotbird.com/@username/slug) directly from any MCP-compatible AI. Pass namespaced: true with a slug when publishing or deleting. The list_documents tool now returns the correct @username/slug URL for namespaced pages.

• CLI v0.3: Namespace support. Use --namespace <slug> to publish at share.jotbird.com/@username/slug. Works with files and stdin. The .jotbird mapping tracks the full path so subsequent publishes update the same URL automatically.

• Agent skill: Namespace support. The JotBird agent skill now instructs AI agents to use --namespace for Pro namespaced publishing.

April 2026 ¶

• API namespace support: The REST API now supports namespaced URLs. List responses include the correct /@username/slug URL and a new username field for each document. Pro users can publish, update, and delete documents at namespaced URLs via the new namespaced: true flag.
• Usernames and custom URLs: Pro users can now set a username and publish pages at memorable, permanent URLs like share.jotbird.com/@username/page-slug. Set your username in Account Settings. Move any existing page to your namespace via Page Settings — old URLs redirect automatically. Renaming your username updates all your page URLs and redirects the old ones.
• Account Settings: A new unified Account Settings menu consolidates username and API key management in one place.
• Tags: Organize documents with tags. Click the tag icon on any page to add or remove tags. Filter by tag using the tag buttons at the top of the sidebar.
• RTL support: Documents written in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and other right-to-left languages are automatically detected and rendered with proper RTL text direction in the preview pane and on published pages.
• Table of contents: Fixed a bug where documents with non-sequential heading levels (e.g. jumping from h1 to h5) produced broken TOC markup with visible bullets.
• Line breaks: Single newlines in markdown are now treated as spaces, following the CommonMark standard. To insert a hard line break, add two trailing spaces or a \ at the end of the line. Previously, every newline produced a visible line break.
• Help docs: Clarified how content expiration works — your content in the editor is never deleted, only the published link expires.
• Changelog: You're looking at it.

March 2026 ¶

• Table of contents: Add [TOC] or [[_TOC_]] anywhere in a document to generate a nested, linked table of contents from h2–h6 headings. Styled per theme with a "Contents" label.
• Agent skill: LLM agent skill for publishing to JotBird via the CLI.
• Themes: Four publishable themes — Default, Minimal, Essay (Tufte-inspired with sidenote footnotes), and Terminal (monospace, matrix-green). Configurable per document in page settings.
• Code syntax highlighting in published pages.
• Custom slugs: Choose your own URL when publishing (Pro). Real-time slug availability check.
• Custom branding: Remove JotBird watermark from published pages (Pro).
• Page settings modal: Configure title, slug, theme, and branding per document.
• CLI v0.2: Image upload support in the CLI.

February 2026 ¶

• VS Code extension: Publish and manage JotBird documents directly from VS Code.
• Obsidian plugin: Full JotBird integration for Obsidian — publish, sync, and manage documents.
• Callouts: Obsidian-style callouts (> [!note], > [!warning], etc.) rendered in published pages.
• Mermaid diagrams: Fenced mermaid code blocks rendered as diagrams in published pages.
• MCP server: Model Context Protocol server for publishing to JotBird from AI assistants.
• API and CLI: REST API for programmatic publishing. CLI tool (npx jotbird) for publishing from the terminal.
• Pro accounts: Paid tier with 90-day document retention, custom slugs, custom branding, and API access.
• Markdown file access: Access any published document as raw .md by appending .md to the URL.

January 2026 ¶

• Share cards: Rich link previews when sharing links on social media and messaging apps.
• KaTeX: LaTeX math rendering in documents.
• QR codes: Generate QR codes for published pages.
• User accounts: Magic link authentication. Document sync across devices, 90-day retention for signed-in users.
• Anchor links on headings.
• Task list, strikethrough, highlight, and footnote support.
• Mobile layout improvements.

December 2025 ¶

• Launch (December 10).
• Markdown editor: CodeMirror-based editor with formatting toolbar, keyboard shortcuts, live preview, and scroll sync.
• One-click publishing: Publish documents to share.jotbird.com with automatic slug generation.
• Image uploads: Drag-and-drop image upload with 10 MB limit.
• Document management: Sidebar file list, create/delete/rename documents.
• Dark mode with system preference detection.
• HTML and archive export.
• Help page, privacy policy, and terms of service.