Install, updates and privacy

Installing, opening files, updates, settings, the journal and what stays on your machine

Install

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Free to use	✅	✅	❌	✅
No account needed	✅	✅	❌	✅
No plugins needed	✅	?	?	?
No prerequisites	✅	✅	❌	✅
Universal Mac image	✅	✅	✅	✅
Windows 10, 11 installer	✅	✅	✅	✅
One-screen installer	✅	✅	❌	❌
Pick install folder	✅	?	✅	✅
No administrator prompt	✅	✅	✅	❌
Opens after installing	✅	✅	?	?
One Start Menu entry	✅	✅	✅	❌
Per-user install	✅	✅	✅	❌
Data kept apart	✅	✅	✅	✅
Only installers published	✅	❌	❌	❌
Drag to uninstall	✅	✅	✅	✅
Documents untouched	✅	✅	✅	✅

File associations

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Every extension registered	✅	❌	✅	✅
Own icon on files	✅	❌	✅	✅
Listed under Open with	✅	❌	✅	✅
Never steals defaults	✅	?	?	?
Unclaimed extensions open here	✅	❌	❌	❌
Double-click adds tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
Source extensions offered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cursor rules registered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Mac HTML alternate handler	✅	?	?	?

Opening files

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Ctrl+O opens	✅	✅	✅	✅
Drag onto window	✅	✅	✅	✅
Recent files list	✅	?	✅	✅
Command-line path	✅	✅	✅	✅
Open with menu	✅	❌	✅	✅
New document start	✅	✅	✅	❌
Add notes folder	✅	✅	✅	❌
Early files wait	✅	?	?	?
Ten-file drop draws once	✅	?	?	?
Finder multi-file open	✅	?	?	?
Launch file replaces front	✅	?	?	?
Relative paths resolved	✅	?	?	?
Local-day launch counts	✅	❌	❌	❌
Grows after drawing	✅	?	?	?
Raw mouse ignored	✅	?	?	?
Startup grows on timer	✅	?	?	?
Second launch queued	✅	?	?	?
First screen early	✅	?	?	?
Only changes restyled	✅	?	?	?
Single running window	✅	❌	❌	?
Explorer files tabbed	✅	❌	❌	❌

Offline and help

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Works fully offline	✅	✅	✅	✅
Network for updates, fonts	✅	?	?	?
Help on version line	✅	?	?	?
Public Discussions page	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nothing sent from app	✅	✅	❌	✅
Version line copyable	✅	?	?	?
Quickstart demo file	✅	✅	✅	✅

Updates

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Checks launch and six-hourly	✅	✅	✅	❌
Bell only when due	✅	❌	❌	❌
Verified background download	✅	✅	✅	❌
Installs next launch	✅	✅	✅	❌
Mac swaps bundle	✅	?	?	❌
Returns by itself	✅	?	?	❌
Restart to update	✅	✅	✅	❌
One try per version	✅	?	?	❌
Silent with nothing new	✅	✅	✅	❌
Never blocks startup	✅	✅	?	❌
Always updates	✅	❌	❌	❌
Checks every launch	✅	✅	✅	❌
Rechecks every six hours	✅	?	?	❌
Background installer download	✅	✅	✅	❌
Bad downloads deleted	✅	?	?	❌
Digest checked	✅	✅	?	❌
Spinning bell, filling button	✅	❌	❌	❌
Installs before windows	✅	✅	?	❌
No admin prompt updating	✅	✅	?	❌
Restart button	✅	✅	✅	❌
No boot loop	✅	?	?	❌
Failed install explained	✅	?	?	❌
Quiet when current	✅	✅	✅	❌
Bell only with news	✅	❌	❌	❌
One staged installer	✅	?	?	❌
Staging folder per version	✅	?	?	❌
Size-capped download	✅	?	?	❌
Hashed while arriving	✅	?	?	❌
Checked before running	✅	✅	?	❌
Finished download only	✅	?	?	❌
Old stages cleaned	✅	?	?	❌
Verdict read once	✅	?	?	❌
Old Mac bundle kept	✅	?	?	❌
Six updater states	✅	?	?	❌

Settings

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
No settings panel	✅	❌	❌	❌
Saved on use	✅	✅	✅	✅
Plain JSON settings	✅	✅	✅	✅
Marked settings read	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bad settings kept	✅	?	?	?
Unknown keys ignored	✅	?	?	?
Offline license notices	✅	?	✅	✅
Version on home	✅	?	?	?
Padlocks remembered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Theme choice saved	✅	✅	✅	✅
Random without repeats	✅	❌	❌	❌
Four graph sizes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Calendar choice saved	✅	❌	❌	❌
Speed Reader mode	✅	❌	❌	❌
Speed Reader never writes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Typing help default	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pager, minimap always	✅	❌	❌	❌
Small launch window	✅	?	?	?
Grows when ready	✅	?	?	?
First frame early	✅	?	?	?
Reopens at size	✅	✅	✅	✅
Reopens maximized	✅	✅	✅	✅
Laid out before growing	✅	?	?	?
Launch size unsaved	✅	?	?	?
Size apart from maximized	✅	?	?	?
Full screen unsaved	✅	?	?	?
Closing keeps words	✅	✅	✅	❌
Compared on launch	✅	?	?	❌
Untitled notes carried	✅	❌	✅	❌
Empty notes dropped	✅	?	?	❌
Bubble remembered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Introduction remembered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Quiet between hints	✅	❌	❌	❌
Hints reset by emptying	✅	❌	❌	❌
Per-user folders	✅	✅	✅	✅
Settings survive reinstalls	✅	✅	✅	✅

Journal

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Plain text journal	✅	✅	✅	?
Writing never logged	✅	✅	?	?
Two small files	✅	?	?	?
Journal never sent	✅	✅	?	?
Failed syncs logged	✅	❌	❌	❌
Unexpected close noticed	✅	?	?	?
Launch notices queued	✅	?	?	?
Press clears notices	✅	?	?	?
Journal rolls over	✅	?	?	?
Page errors logged	✅	❌	✅	?
Journal of faults	✅	❌	✅	?

Safety and platform

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Commands answer values	✅	❌	❌	❌
Readers tested hostile	✅	?	?	?
Corrupt documents explained	✅	?	?	?
Raw HTML sanitizer	✅	✅	?	❌
Lengths checked first	✅	?	?	?
Pages served per file	✅	❌	❌	❌
Damaged containers named	✅	?	?	?
Too much, said plainly	✅	?	?	?
Unplaceable pictures refused	✅	?	?	?
System clipboard and trash	✅	✅	✅	✅
Recycle Bin restore	✅	✅	✅	✅
Mac Put Back kept	✅	✅	✅	✅
Trash on any drive	✅	?	?	?
HTTPS only	✅	?	?	?
Secrets kept off commands	✅	?	?	?
Rate limits respected	✅	?	?	?
System credential store	✅	✅	?	?
Always-show scrollbars read	✅	?	?	?

Every app command

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Open a document	✅	✅	✅	✅
Open a recent file	✅	?	✅	✅
Start a document	✅	✅	✅	❌
Open license notices	✅	?	?	?
Paste a file	✅	❌	❌	❌
Reveal a file	✅	✅	✅	✅
Copy a file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Copy a path	✅	✅	✅	❌
Favorite and unfavorite	✅	✅	❌	❌
Check favorites exist	✅	❌	❌	❌
Repoint a favorite	✅	❌	❌	❌
Reorder favorites	✅	✅	❌	❌
Rename a file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Create a file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Create a folder	✅	✅	✅	❌
Delete a file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Undo a delete	✅	❌	✅	❌
Show file properties	✅	❌	❌	❌
Reveal a picture	✅	✅	✅	❌
Copy picture's path	✅	❌	?	❌
Show picture properties	✅	❌	❌	❌
Copy a picture	✅	✅	✅	✅
Close, switch, move tabs	✅	✅	❌	❌
Open beside by path	✅	✅	❌	❌
Close the beside column	✅	✅	❌	❌
Go home	✅	❌	❌	❌
Follow a link	✅	✅	✅	✅
Open in browser	✅	✅	✅	✅
Open glossary entries	✅	❌	❌	❌
Reveal a link's file	✅	✅	?	❌
Copy a link's path	✅	✅	❌	❌
Measure linked documents	✅	❌	❌	❌
Preview a link	✅	✅	❌	❌
Go back	✅	✅	❌	✅
Go forward	✅	✅	❌	✅
Refresh a document	✅	❌	✅	❌
Speed reader switch	✅	❌	❌	❌
Typing help switch	✅	❌	❌	❌
Progress record switch	✅	❌	❌	❌
Set the padlocks	✅	❌	❌	❌
Choose theme family	✅	✅	✅	❌
Choose appearance	✅	✅	✅	❌
Random theme rotation	✅	❌	❌	❌
First-run hints	✅	❌	❌	❌
Move and size window	✅	✅	✅	✅
Resize by edge	✅	✅	✅	✅
Save your place	✅	✅	?	✅
Library and graph layout	✅	✅	❌	❌
Vault git status	✅	❌	❌	❌
Create a repository	✅	❌	❌	❌
Link a remote	✅	❌	❌	❌
Sync a vault	✅	❌	❌	❌
Automatic sync switch	✅	❌	❌	❌
Ignore nested repositories	✅	❌	❌	❌
Set git identity	✅	❌	❌	❌
Refresh a vault	✅	?	?	❌
Open source beside	✅	✅	❌	❌
Save split layout	✅	✅	❌	❌
Add a vault	✅	✅	✅	❌
Find cloud folders	✅	❌	❌	❌
Clone into vault	✅	❌	❌	❌
Manage vaults	✅	✅	❌	❌
Read a folder	✅	❌	❌	❌
Reveal in library	✅	✅	✅	❌
Build the graph	✅	✅	❌	❌
Set graph size	✅	❌	❌	❌
Set calendar field	✅	❌	❌	❌
Search a vault	✅	✅	✅	✅
Read calendar range	✅	❌	❌	❌
Find previous and next	✅	✅	✅	✅
Enter and leave source	✅	✅	✅	❌
Splice the source	✅	❌	❌	❌
Save a document	✅	✅	✅	❌
Complete note names	✅	✅	❌	❌
Complete headings	✅	✅	❌	❌
Hover a note	✅	✅	❌	❌
Check links	✅	?	?	?
Read a table	✅	❌	❌	❌
Tick a task	✅	✅	✅	❌
Edit several blocks	✅	❌	❌	❌
Manage fields	✅	✅	❌	❌
Move a block	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pick a picture	✅	✅	✅	❌
Export a diagram	✅	❌	❌	❌
Export a picture	✅	❌	❌	❌
Export the page	✅	✅	✅	❌
Undo an edit	✅	✅	✅	✅
Redo an edit	✅	✅	✅	✅
Apply updates	✅	✅	✅	❌
Report page errors	✅	?	?	?