JotBird Changelog

All notable changes to JotBird are documented here.

April 2026

Tags: Organize documents with #tags on the last line. Filter by tag in the sidebar. Tags are stripped from published output.
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.
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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.

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.

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.

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.