JotBird Changelog ¶
All notable changes to JotBird are documented here.
April 2026 ¶
- Tags: Organize documents with
#tagson 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.
- 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
mermaidcode 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
.mdby appending.mdto 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.comwith 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.