Slate

What it does

• Write pages in a nested tree inside spaces, with headings, tables, tasks, media and link cards
• Keep structured records and databases in the same tree, with grid, board and chart views
• Comment on a selection or on a whole page, with mentions and resolving
• Share pages with people and groups at view, comment, edit or full level, with optional expiry
• Publish a page to the public web only by an explicit act, with unpublish at any time
• Use page history to compare and restore earlier versions
• Mark pages verified, with an expiry and a reminder when it lapses
• Search everything you are allowed to read
• Import from Notion and Confluence, Word and Google Docs files, and back up or restore the whole workspace

What it promises

• WEB-001A page is visible without signing in only when a member with full access publishes it and its space allows public links.
• LIFE-002A draft is hidden from search, lists and exports, and visible only to its author and people it is shared with.
• SHARE-007Access changes take effect at once.
• REV-001Every saved page version is kept unchanged with its author and time, and a repeated save with no change creates nothing new.
• SAVE-003If someone else changed a page first, your edit is rejected and your unsaved text is kept, not silently overwritten.
• ARCH-005Deleted pages go to a trash where they can be found and restored, and nothing leaves it on a timer.
• IMP-001Notion and Confluence imports show a full preview with a list of what will not carry over before anything is created, and keep the original file.
• PORT-002Restoring an export brings back pages, history, permissions, links and files so links keep resolving.
• PORT-005Exports leave out sign-ins and secrets, and imported people stay inactive until you invite them.
• IMP-004Importing fetches nothing from the internet; media comes from your file only.

Move in from

• Notion
• Confluence
• Word documents
• Google Docs
• Markdown, HTML, PDF, EPUB, text and CSV files

Run it yourself

Install the command once, then clone a product and start it.

$ npx -y @runeditrun/rer cli install
$ git clone https://github.com/just-every/run-slate
$ cd run-slate && rer dev

No npm? curl -fsSL https://runeditrun.com/install.sh | sh installs the same command.