SnapDock began as a Python‑based Markdown viewer. You’d drag a .md file into the UI and it would render — no editing, no saving, just clean display. It was called SnapDoc, named after the core feature: snapping a document into place.
But the need for something better than Tkinter was real. After experimenting with PyQt, the decision was made: Electron was the future. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript offered the flexibility and polish SnapDock needed.
With the move to Electron came the file tree — a true dock. SnapDoc became SnapDock, reflecting the new layout and ambition. But v1 had upload/download logic that made editing frustrating. The codebase was messy, packed into a single scripts.js like a webpage. A full refactor was needed.
That refactor was brutal. Logic was separated, architecture strengthened, and the file system evolved. This became the foundation of SnapDock 2.x — the first public release.
.deb buildAs SnapDock grew, Electron started to feel heavy. Expanding further risked bloating the app. So SnapDock 2.x was marked for LTS — stable, reliable, and maintained. Not abandoned, but preserved.
SnapDock v3 was born from this realization. Originally planned in C#, it shifted to Rust — faster, lighter, and more scalable. The goal: rebuild SnapDock’s logic in a modern runtime, freeing it to grow without compromise.
SnapDock v3 will be the next evolution — a premium writing environment with room to expand.
SnapDock has no finish line. It’s not trying to compete. It’s unique — clean, simple, and built for the people who use it every day.