The Archive: Press Kit

Description

The Archive is a macOS note-taking application to increase writer productivity.

The Archive is be a powerful yet very clean tool to take notes. You no longer will be overwhelmed but impose your order on the chaos of information. The Archive will enrich your workflow with competent note-taking: Access knowledge in an instant and in order.

Why Should You Write About The Archive?

The app is the implementation of a few core principles that value user autonomy and user data longevity first, fueled by a time-tested knowledge management method. We write about this method, called the Zettelkasten Method, on our blog.

This is not yet another general purpose information dump. It’s a tool that only does the things that are needed to help writers write more. It’s a powerhouse for information digesting and organic thinking. It’s a creativity-fueling harbinger of new ideas. We think it is an Order-Bringing Weapon of Gods for the paladins of interestingness. We are, by the way, just mediums and very modest about our app. :)

Features

Plain Text File Storage: Robust and made for eternity
Clean and simple user interface: Calm and structured
Elegant Text Editor: Note Taking is writing. Beauty is mandatory
Flexible in Use: Swiss Army knife of note taking
Fast search for maximum productivity
Markdown support to highlight notes
Powerful tags that are simple to use
Typewriter mode to keep your focus while typing
Themes! Customize the editor to your liking
Quick navigation based on plain text conventions
Supportive community of writing and note taking nerds
Saved searches to switch between subsets of your notes

Paid Update Policy

We have a strong codex of software ethics, which is kind of special. The user interest and morality comes first, our revenue comes second.

We have a vision of the first version of The Archive. We are very up front about the features that will be included in version 1 of The Archive, most importantly:

Note quick entry from anywhere
Saved searches, aka “Filters”
Typewriter mode
Customizable Markdown editor templates
Browser-Type Navigation
Dark Mode
Tag Index
Inline Image Preview
Mass Text Replacement
Scriptability

We don’t like the thought of selling a paid version 2 upgrade just because we need cash. We believe in being open and clear about our promises from the beginning. After the v1 is completed we will continue to ship stability updates and begin work on The Archive v2.

Customers who buy version 1 now will pay less for v1 and the upgrade to v2 combined that people who jump on with v2. That’s one way we want to say “thank you” for our customer’s support.

Concept and creation: Sascha Fast & Christian Tietze

Programming: Christian Tietze

Web address: https://zettelkasten.de/the-archive/
Videos about The Archive, shot during the beta on YouTube
E-mail (Christian): hi@christiantietze.de
Address:
Christian Tietze
Elpke 39
D-33605 Bielefeld, Germany
Phone: (+49) 177 6467763

Facts

Release date: 2018-03-15
Price: US$ 19.99 (19.99 EUR)

System Requirements

Requires macOS 10.11 or Later; ready for Big Sur
Requires 40–50 MB of disk space

Development Background Info

Development began in December 2016
Private beta started in May 2017
100% written in Swift
Counted 45922 lines of code in v1.0.0
Public theme directory located on GitHub: https://github.com/Zettelkasten-Method/The-Archive-Themes
Interesting technologies:
- ReSwift, a unidirectional data flow library, provides the back-bone of data processing
- RxSwift, a reactive programming library, is used for user interface event handling
List of all open source third party libraries used: CCNPreferencesWindowController, FlatButton, KeyHolder, Magnet, Result, ReSwift, RxSwift, RxOptional, SwiftDate, SwiftyBeaver, SwiftyUserDefaults, Sparkle
List of open source libraries published during the course of development: AppGuideOverlay, BetaExpiration, FatSidebar, LoopingAnimation, Omnibar, RxFileMonitor, SwiftXattrs, Typewriter-Modes, TrialLicensing, WebcamSnap, WhatsNewKit