Library, search and sync

Vaults, files, search, filters, tasks, calendar, graph and GitHub

Vaults

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Any folder as vault	✅	✅	✅	❌
Switcher opens on hover	✅	❌	❌	❌
Machine, box, cloud marks	✅	❌	❌	❌
Switcher lights as one	✅	❌	❌	❌
Vaults sorted alphabetically	✅	?	❌	❌
Name goes to top	✅	?	❌	❌
Whole-machine library mode	✅	❌	❌	❌
New vault from picker	✅	✅	✅	❌
Clone repository as vault	✅	❌	❌	❌
Rename, repoint, remove vaults	✅	✅	❌	❌
Nothing written into folder	✅	❌	✅	❌
Vault registry database	✅	✅	✅	❌
Innermost nested vault wins	✅	❌	❌	❌
Folder, clone, remote kinds	✅	❌	❌	❌
Signed-in name, stored token	✅	❌	❌	❌
Named views removed	✅	?	?	❌
Obsidian types found	✅	✅	❌	❌
Per-note type pins	✅	❌	❌	❌
Quotes kept on write	✅	❌	❌	❌
CRLF line ends kept	✅	❌	✅	❌
List forms kept	✅	❌	❌	❌
Up to 32 aliases	✅	❌	❌	❌
Drive-top system folders	✅	?	?	❌
Symlink loops refused	✅	✅	?	❌
Long Windows paths	✅	?	?	?
Hover-open vault list	✅	❌	❌	❌
Vault word is switcher	✅	❌	❌	❌
Opens hover, pins press	✅	❌	❌	❌

First launch and cloud folders

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Bubble points at switcher	✅	❌	❌	❌
Gone once met	✅	❌	❌	❌
Steps aside for sheets	✅	❌	❌	❌
One per launch	✅	❌	❌	❌
Notes folder on start	✅	✅	❌	✅
One-time pane introduction	✅	❌	❌	❌
Six cloud services found	✅	❌	❌	❌
No account held	✅	✅	✅	❌
Moved cloud folders found	✅	❌	❌	❌
Late installs found	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cloud mark on vaults	✅	❌	❌	❌
Client records read	✅	❌	❌	❌

File tree

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
One folder at once	✅	❌	❌	❌
Instant folder open	✅	?	?	❌
Back row steps out	✅	❌	❌	❌
Breadcrumb path	✅	✅	❌	❌
Breadcrumb refits	✅	?	❌	❌
Hidden crumbs menu	✅	❌	❌	❌
Folders first, alphabetical	✅	✅	✅	❌
Dot folders listed	✅	❌	✅	❌
Washed row hover	✅	✅	✅	❌
Open file tinted	✅	✅	✅	❌
Pane follows file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Switches to file's vault	✅	❌	❌	❌
Folder remembered	✅	✅	✅	❌
Gone folder falls back	✅	?	?	❌
One folder per click	✅	❌	❌	❌
One-frame folder lists	✅	❌	❌	❌
Headings replace files	✅	❌	✅	❌
Folder-named back row	✅	❌	❌	❌
Folder brings files back	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pane stays put	✅	?	?	❌
Title alone, no outline	✅	?	?	❌
Every readable format listed	✅	✅	✅	❌
Cursor rule files	✅	❌	❌	❌
Extensionless text listed	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nothing in .git read	✅	✅	?	❌
Empty-folder counts	✅	❌	❌	❌
Data files, no links	✅	❌	❌	❌
Every folder openable	✅	✅	✅	❌
Drive-top folders skipped	✅	?	?	❌
Broken shortcuts omitted	✅	?	?	❌
Build folders unsearched	✅	❌	❌	❌
Skipped folders named	✅	❌	❌	❌
Open document still reloads	✅	❌	❌	❌

File actions

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Open from pane	✅	✅	✅	❌
Favorite a file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Open beside	✅	✅	❌	❌
Cut a file	✅	❌	❌	❌
Copy a file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Copy file path	✅	✅	✅	❌
Rename in place	✅	✅	✅	❌
Case-only renames	✅	✅	?	❌
Reveal in file manager	✅	✅	✅	✅
File properties	✅	❌	❌	❌
Delete to trash	✅	✅	✅	❌
Page right-click actions	✅	✅	✅	❌
Copy highlighted words	✅	✅	✅	❌
Failures said	✅	?	?	❌
Open picture big	✅	❌	❌	✅
Copy picture pixels	✅	✅	✅	✅
Copy picture path	✅	❌	?	❌
Reveal picture file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Picture properties	✅	❌	❌	❌
Remove, file kept	✅	?	?	❌
Picture removal undo	✅	?	✅	❌
Asks, naming file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Safe answer focused	✅	?	?	❌
Undo in message	✅	❌	❌	❌
Ctrl+Z undeletes	✅	❌	✅	❌
Never overwrites newer	✅	?	?	❌
Failed undo explained	✅	❌	❌	❌
Open a folder	✅	✅	✅	❌
Favorite a folder	✅	✅	✅	❌
New file, named	✅	✅	✅	❌
New folder	✅	✅	✅	❌
Paste into folder	✅	❌	❌	❌
Reveal folder	✅	✅	✅	❌
Folder properties	✅	❌	❌	❌
Taken names refused	✅	✅	✅	❌
Move or copy files	✅	✅	✅	❌
Nothing overwritten	✅	✅	✅	❌
System clipboard too	✅	❌	❌	❌
Move whole folders	✅	✅	✅	❌
Reveal with file selected	✅	✅	✅	❌
Copy for file manager	✅	❌	❌	❌
Busy clipboard reported	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bad names refused	✅	✅	?	❌
Bare names become Markdown	✅	✅	?	❌
Unreadable extensions refused	✅	?	?	❌
Paste never overwrites	✅	❌	❌	❌
Deleted files restorable	✅	✅	✅	❌
Get Info brought forward	✅	❌	❌	❌
One export table	✅	❌	❌	❌
Typed ending decides	✅	❌	❌	❌
One PDF sheet	✅	❌	❌	❌
Whole-page photographs	✅	❌	✅	❌
WebP and JPEG quality	✅	❌	?	❌
Numbered shared assets	✅	❌	❌	❌
Header-read picture sizes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Open window, every file	✅	?	?	?
New from rename box	✅	?	?	❌

Search

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Whole-vault search	✅	✅	✅	✅
Results under bar	✅	❌	❌	❌
Name matches first	✅	❌	?	?
Aliases count	✅	✅	❌	❌
Folder names count	✅	✅	?	❌
Density-ranked content	✅	❌	❌	❌
Headings outrank paragraphs	✅	❌	❌	❌
Every term required	✅	✅	?	✅
Filters in box	✅	✅	❌	✅
Three rows per file	✅	❌	?	?
Best 50 files	✅	❌	❌	❌
Skipped folders named	✅	❌	❌	❌
Results stream in	✅	✅	✅	?
Placeholder rows	✅	❌	❌	❌
Lands on line	✅	✅	✅	✅
Repeat searches instant	✅	?	?	?
Narrowing reads less	✅	?	?	?
Reads on arrival	✅	?	?	?
Stale reads stopped	✅	?	?	?
One vault read	✅	❌	❌	❌
Rows keep place	✅	?	?	?
No disk index	✅	❌	?	❌
No lowercased copy	✅	❌	❌	❌
Twenty appearances counted	✅	❌	❌	❌
Missing term stops early	✅	❌	❌	❌
Fifty snippets built	✅	❌	❌	❌
Long-lived search thread	✅	❌	❌	❌
Four name tiers	✅	❌	❌	❌
Filter parser never fails	✅	✅	?	?
Nested brackets limited	✅	?	?	?
Any-language case folding	✅	?	?	?
Rarest-letter skip	✅	❌	❌	❌
Snippets mark matches	✅	✅	✅	✅
Five scored fields	✅	❌	❌	❌
Capped density scoring	✅	❌	❌	❌
Web links on map	✅	❌	❌	❌
Web page link map	✅	?	?	?
CACHEDIR.TAG respected	✅	❌	❌	❌
Searchable before listing	✅	❌	❌	❌
Smallest read first	✅	❌	❌	❌
Densest-first graph	✅	❌	❌	❌
Graph reused	✅	❌	❌	❌
Rows kept, dropped removed	✅	?	?	?
Clear-search cross	✅	✅	✅	✅
Scope menu	✅	❌	?	?
Searching line ring	✅	❌	❌	❌
Rows never rebuilt	✅	❌	❌	❌

Filters

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Exact phrases	✅	✅	❌	✅
Exclude with minus	✅	✅	❌	✅
Tags and nested tags	✅	✅	❌	✅
Field equals value	✅	✅	❌	✅
Field is set	✅	✅	❌	✅
Date before or after	✅	❌	❌	✅
Number greater or less	✅	✅	❌	✅
File kind filter	✅	✅	❌	✅
Inside a folder	✅	✅	❌	❌
Open or done tasks	✅	✅	❌	❌
OR and AND	✅	✅	❌	✅
Grouping brackets	✅	✅	❌	✅
Relative date words	✅	❌	❌	✅
Half-typed never errors	✅	✅	?	?
Paths stay text	✅	❌	❌	❌
Filter read back	✅	✅	❌	❌
Unset fields named	✅	❌	❌	?
Field completion	✅	✅	❌	✅
Live completion	✅	✅	❌	✅

Tasks and calendar

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Dated tasks listed	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nearest due first	✅	❌	❌	❌
Tasks per vault	✅	❌	❌	❌
Task row details	✅	❌	❌	❌
Colored by soonness	✅	❌	❌	❌
Stable task order	✅	❌	❌	❌
Lands on checkbox	✅	❌	❌	❌
Hidden when none due	✅	❌	❌	❌
Month, week, day	✅	❌	❌	❌
Three marks daily	✅	❌	❌	❌
Screen-reader dates	✅	❌	❌	❌
Count by date field	✅	❌	❌	❌
Remembers date field	✅	❌	❌	❌
Step and today	✅	❌	❌	❌
Day lists documents	✅	❌	❌	❌
Calendar keyboard	✅	❌	❌	❌
Stays current	✅	❌	❌	❌
Six-week grid	✅	❌	❌	❌
Your own clock	✅	❌	❌	❌
Date-times land right	✅	❌	❌	❌
Newest first	✅	❌	❌	❌
Only date fields offered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Field survives relaunch	✅	❌	❌	❌
Notes counted per date	✅	❌	❌	❌
Two asks while held	✅	❌	❌	❌

Other names

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Aliases field	✅	✅	❌	❌
Three alias forms	✅	✅	❌	❌
Quoted aliases keep commas	✅	✅	❌	❌
Aliases everywhere	✅	✅	❌	❌
File names win	✅	?	❌	❌
Conflicts named	✅	❌	❌	❌
Map keeps file name	✅	✅	❌	❌
Thirty-two per note	✅	❌	❌	❌
Works outside vaults	✅	❌	❌	❌

Graph

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Map of links	✅	✅	❌	❌
Web addresses as nodes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Five link kinds mapped	✅	?	❌	❌
View beside reading	✅	✅	❌	❌
No vault needed	✅	❌	❌	❌
Vault or neighborhood	✅	✅	❌	❌
Reads only pointed	✅	❌	❌	❌
Opens framed	✅	?	❌	❌
Keeps your view	✅	?	❌	❌
Follows leaving nodes	✅	?	❌	❌
Open document highlighted	✅	✅	❌	❌
Decluttered names	✅	?	❌	❌
Direction arrows	✅	✅	❌	❌
Two-way single line	✅	?	❌	❌
Click keeps map	✅	?	❌	❌
Hover lights neighbors	✅	✅	❌	❌
Drag, pan, zoom	✅	✅	❌	❌
Pane opens keep map	✅	?	❌	❌
Edits redraw in place	✅	✅	❌	❌
Instant return	✅	?	❌	❌
Leaving returns you	✅	?	❌	❌
Focus to Everything	✅	❌	❌	❌
Unread documents mapped	✅	✅	❌	❌
Domain-labeled rings	✅	❌	❌	❌
Web node opens browser	✅	❌	❌	❌
Shared pages share node	✅	❌	❌	❌
Twenty-five web links	✅	❌	❌	❌

GitHub sync

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Vault as repository	✅	❌	❌	❌
Panel stays open	✅	❌	❌	❌
Your own git	✅	❌	❌	❌
Private repo with gh	✅	❌	❌	❌
Create on GitHub	✅	❌	❌	❌
Install git link	✅	❌	❌	❌
Identity warning, fixed	✅	❌	❌	❌
Set who I am	✅	❌	❌	❌
Sign-in warning link	✅	❌	❌	❌
Failure names fix	✅	❌	❌	❌
Clone a repository	✅	❌	❌	❌
Failed clone clean	✅	❌	❌	❌
Change repo safely	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pointing never pushes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Outer repos refused	✅	❌	❌	❌
Commit, pull, push	✅	❌	❌	❌
Plain commit messages	✅	❌	❌	❌
Automatic per vault	✅	❌	❌	❌
Waits for quiet	✅	❌	❌	❌
Stops after failure	✅	❌	❌	❌
Red Stopped button	✅	❌	❌	❌
Silence, not slowness	✅	❌	❌	❌
Failures journaled	✅	❌	❌	❌
Sync count button	✅	❌	❌	❌
Running spinner	✅	❌	❌	❌
Upload percentage bar	✅	❌	❌	❌
Download count said	✅	❌	❌	❌
Inner repos untouched	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nested repos named	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nested .gitignore written	✅	❌	❌	❌
Ignore in one press	✅	❌	❌	❌
Rebase conflicts undone	✅	❌	❌	❌
Inside-repo warning	✅	❌	❌	❌
Failure note shown	✅	❌	❌	❌
One-line progress label	✅	❌	❌	❌
Fix-carrying notes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bad identities refused	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nested warning, Ignore	✅	❌	❌	❌
Password prompts refused	✅	❌	❌	❌
Spinner until answered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nested three deep	✅	❌	❌	❌

Live updates

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Vault watched deep	✅	✅	✅	❌
New files appear	✅	✅	✅	✅
Rows never swap	✅	?	?	?
Git folders ignored	✅	✅	?	❌
Own actions refresh	✅	✅	✅	✅
Per-file patches	✅	❌	❌	❌
Ticks findable	✅	?	?	❌
Branch switch batched	✅	❌	❌	❌
Changes held while reading	✅	❌	❌	❌
Focus rereads count	✅	❌	❌	❌
FSEvents and ReadDirectoryChanges	✅	✅	✅	❌
Browsed folders shallow	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bursts become one	✅	?	?	?
Lost changes reread	✅	?	?	?
Attribute changes ignored	✅	?	?	?

Launchers and pane

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Tasks launcher	✅	❌	❌	❌
Favorites launcher	✅	✅	❌	❌
Recent launcher	✅	❌	✅	❌
Search launcher	✅	✅	✅	❌
Calendar launcher	✅	❌	❌	❌
Empty launchers hidden	✅	❌	❌	❌
Lists over document	✅	❌	❌	❌
Theme icon set	✅	?	?	❌
Chevron when narrow	✅	❌	❌	❌
Progress under launchers	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pill shortens words	✅	❌	❌	❌
Launcher registry	✅	❌	❌	❌
Palette first launcher	✅	❌	❌	❌
Chevron returns focus	✅	❌	❌	❌
Library button stays	✅	❌	❌	❌
Spring and bounce	✅	❌	❌	❌
Moves as one	✅	❌	❌	❌
Drag the divider	✅	✅	✅	❌
Width remembered exactly	✅	✅	✅	❌
Drag shut small	✅	?	?	❌
Reader stays 360 px	✅	❌	❌	❌
Narrow full-width sheet	✅	?	?	❌
Sheet closes on pick	✅	?	?	❌
Active vault remembered	✅	✅	❌	❌
25,000 documents per vault	✅	❌	❌	❌

Favorites

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Heart on tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
Favorite from right-click	✅	✅	❌	❌
Favorite folders	✅	✅	✅	❌
Undo unfavorite	✅	❌	❌	❌
Favorites per vault	✅	✅	❌	❌
Moved favorites struck	✅	❌	❌	❌
Find it repoints	✅	❌	❌	❌
Drag favorites	✅	✅	❌	❌
Order saved	✅	✅	❌	❌
Dragged row lifts	✅	?	❌	❌
Grabbed-hand pointer	✅	?	❌	❌
Rows step aside	✅	?	❌	❌
Textured landing gap	✅	❌	❌	❌
App's own easing	✅	❌	❌	❌
Missing rows dimmed	✅	?	❌	❌
Gone vault marked	✅	❌	❌	❌
Hover-only heart	✅	❌	❌	❌
Marked before saved	✅	❌	❌	❌
Unfavorited rows linger	✅	❌	❌	❌