The files stay plain
A document is a Markdown file in your repository. GitHub renders it, Obsidian opens it and git diff reads it. Stop using Fjord and you lose nothing.
Fjord Web is young, and built in the open
Everything this page describes works today, and it is early software: your repository is the copy that counts, so keep it somewhere you trust.
Documents and notes you actually own.
Write, share and comment on documents in your browser. Every file is plain Markdown in a Git repository you control, readable without Fjord, with optional end-to-end encryption.
---
id: 01k8d3m2x7q9r5t1v4w6y8z0ab
title: Q4 plan
created: 2026-10-22T09:12:04Z
---
# Q4 plan
Three things matter this quarter:
1. Ship the **editor**.
2. Move the notes into one repository.
3. Say no to the rest.
That is the whole file: Markdown with a small header. Nothing else to export.
Why Fjord
Your documents should outlive any tool, including this one. So Fjord is built around three promises.
Git is the storage
Your repository is the one true copy. Fjord keeps only what is about your files: accounts, shares, comments and drafts not yet saved. Every saved version is a commit.
Encrypted means private
Optional end-to-end encryption with age. Encrypted files are decrypted in your browser, and the server never holds your key.
What you can do
Write in the browser
A document editor with the formatting Markdown can hold, and a plain editor for notes. Nothing that would quietly vanish when you save.
A history you already have
Saving makes a commit in your repository, credited to whoever made it. See every version from the document's page and put an old one back, or do it with git.
Share with control
Share with people on your instance, to view, comment or edit, or publish a page anyone can read, with a password if you like. Take either back whenever you want.
Comment together
Select text, comment, reply and resolve, and see others' comments as they arrive.
Use your own tools
Edit the same repository from the command line, Obsidian or any editor. Fjord is one client of an open format, not a walled garden.
Your repository, your host
GitHub first, other Git hosts later. Fjord asks for the narrowest access that works, and you can revoke it from GitHub at any time.
How it works
Sign in
Create an account, or continue with a Sovereign account if your instance offers it.
Connect a repository
Install the GitHub App on the repositories you choose, or give Fjord one repository and a fine-grained token. Or start on the server, and connect it to git later.
Write and share
Open or create documents and notes, and share the ones you want others to see.
Questions
Where are my documents stored?
In your Git repository, on GitHub. Fjord Web keeps accounts, connections, shares and comments in its own database, and holds a draft until it is saved as a commit.
Can the server read my documents?
Plaintext files, yes: it has to, to edit and share them. Encrypted files are different: they are decrypted in your browser, and the server never sees them or your key. Encrypted files arrive after the first release.
What if Fjord goes away?
You keep your repository, and it is plain Markdown. There is nothing to export. The format is an open specification, and the command-line tool reads it too.
Which Git hosts work?
GitHub first, through a GitHub App or a fine-grained access token. Other hosts, such as GitLab and Forgejo, come later.
Is it open source?
Yes. Fjord Web is AGPL-3.0-or-later, the format specification is public domain (CC0), and the command-line tool and libraries are MPL-2.0. You can run your own instance.