# Dillinger

Dillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready Markdown editor with offline storage, built for fast, distraction-free note writing. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on ZimaOS, Docker Hub and Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/838/dillinger

## Description

Dillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready Markdown editor with offline storage, built for fast, distraction-free note writing. It renders Markdown in real time and keeps documents synced, making it a handy self-hosted editor for personal notes and light writing sessions.

## Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms: Unraid, ZimaOS.

## Health score

62/100 (Good), based on 4 of 5 factors.
- Maintained: 69 (last commit 137 days ago)
- Popular: 78 (8,292 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 45 (2 install platforms, install notes, Docker image)
- Security check: 44 (no serious findings, 14 minor, tests, OpenSSF Scorecard 2/10)

## Links

- Official website: https://dillinger.io
- ZimaOS: https://github.com/bigbeartechworld/big-bear-casaos/tree/master/Apps/dillinger
- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/dillinger
- GitHub: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-dillinger
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/dillinger-0jnrtuy169pblq?q=dillinger

## Common questions

### Where does Dillinger save its data?

The provided community source states that Dillinger saves data on the local machine.

### How do I set up cloud storage integrations?

Create a .env.local file with provider client IDs, secrets, and redirect URIs. Then configure OAuth for the provider, such as GitHub, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or Bitbucket.

### What do I need to change when putting Dillinger behind a public domain?

Update all OAuth callback paths to use your public domain, then run the production build and start the production server.

### Which port does the development server use?

The development server is opened on port 3000.

### Does the archived LinuxServer container support user mapping?

The archived LinuxServer container lists easy user mappings using PUID and PGID, and it uses an s6 overlay base.

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