From f71840f499847f07d09294abc5699d967a500bba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Gabriel Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:40:06 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Rename=20Parachute=20Notes=20=E2=86=92=20Parach?= =?UTF-8?q?ute=20Lens=20in=20launch=20blog=20draft?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Same launch-day rename as the landing page and the wider cross-repo sweep the lens + cli stewards are doing today. Product references updated; data-type references ("notes, tags, links", "your notes" in the principles) left alone. Changes: - Subtitle + description frontmatter - Section heading and body copy for the web client - CLI install commands: `parachute install notes` → `parachute install lens` - URL-shape code block: `/notes` → `/lens` - Architecture diagram label Also fixed one substantive accuracy issue the rename exposed. The previous draft told ex-Daily users to run `parachute migrate` to archive their Daily data cleanly. That's wrong — `parachute migrate` is a general cruft sweep at `~/.parachute/`, and Parachute Daily (a Flutter app) stored data in its own app-support directory, not there. Daily already synced into a vault; the honest story is that a returning Daily user's notes are already in their vault — just install Lens and point it at the same one. Also tightened "five-minute walkthrough" to "install walkthrough" since the landing has the install one-liner, not a timed tour. Still in `blog/drafts/` — moves to `blog/` on launch day to publish. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) --- blog/drafts/2026-04-23-parachute-is-here.md | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/drafts/2026-04-23-parachute-is-here.md b/blog/drafts/2026-04-23-parachute-is-here.md index 627da96..7ab27e4 100644 --- a/blog/drafts/2026-04-23-parachute-is-here.md +++ b/blog/drafts/2026-04-23-parachute-is-here.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ --- layout: post.njk title: "Parachute is here" -subtitle: "The ecosystem launches today: Vault, Notes, Scribe, and a single-command installer" +subtitle: "The ecosystem launches today: Vault, Lens, Scribe, and a single-command installer" date: 2026-04-23T12:00:00 author: "Aaron G Neyer" permalink: /blog/parachute-is-here/ -description: "Parachute is now available. One command installs the ecosystem: Vault for the knowledge graph, Notes for the web app, Scribe for voice transcription, all coordinated by a single CLI." +description: "Parachute is now available. One command installs the ecosystem: Vault for the knowledge graph, Lens for the web app, Scribe for voice transcription, all coordinated by a single CLI." --- Four months ago I wrote [Opening the Parachute](/blog/opening-the-parachute/) — a description of what I wanted to build and why. Today it's real, and it's open source, and you can install it with one line. @@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ Four months ago I wrote [Opening the Parachute](/blog/opening-the-parachute/) bun add -g @openparachute/cli && parachute install vault ``` -Add Notes and Scribe the same way: +Add Lens and Scribe the same way: ```sh -parachute install notes +parachute install lens parachute install scribe ``` @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ That's it. Your own knowledge graph, your own writing app, your own transcriptio **Parachute Vault** — the knowledge graph itself. Self-hosted, SQLite-backed, Bun-native. Notes, tags, links, attachments, full-text and graph queries. Exposed over both a REST API (for humans and tools) and [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) (for AI). Import from and export to Obsidian. Each vault is its own database on your disk, portable and entirely yours. -**Parachute Notes** — a browser-based companion for the Vault. Installable as a [PWA](https://web.dev/progressive-web-apps/) so it works offline on your phone, your laptop, any device with a modern browser. Write, link, tag, search, graph-browse, drop in voice memos that auto-transcribe. Point it at a vault URL, do a one-time OAuth handshake, and that's the setup. The earlier Parachute Daily — which required a native app install — is retired; Notes replaces it with the same workflow but works everywhere. +**Parachute Lens** — a browser-based companion for the Vault. Installable as a [PWA](https://web.dev/progressive-web-apps/) so it works offline on your phone, your laptop, any device with a modern browser. Write, link, tag, search, graph-browse, drop in voice memos that auto-transcribe. Point it at a vault URL, do a one-time OAuth handshake, and that's the setup. The earlier Parachute Daily — which required a native app install — is retired; Lens replaces it with the same workflow but works everywhere. **Parachute Scribe** — audio transcription. Whisper-compatible API (`POST /v1/audio/transcriptions`) plus optional LLM cleanup. Runs locally on your machine by default, using [parakeet-mlx](https://github.com/senstella/parakeet-mlx) for on-device transcription. You can BYO a cloud provider for higher-quality models. @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ That's it. Your own knowledge graph, your own writing app, your own transcriptio ``` Browser · Phone (PWA) · Pendant ↓ - Parachute Notes ──── REST ──→ + Parachute Lens ───── REST ──→ ↘ Parachute Scribe ── transcribe ──→ Parachute Vault ── MCP ──→ Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini ↓ @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The URL shape stays consistent whether you're on your tailnet, on the public int ``` / → the hub -/notes → Notes +/lens → Lens /vault/default → Vault API (MCP + REST) /scribe → Scribe API /.well-known/parachute.json → ecosystem discovery @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Launch week was focused on the self-hostable base. Post-launch directions: If you want to follow along, the [roadmap](/roadmap/) is live and the [source](https://github.com/ParachuteComputer) is open. -If you'd like to try it, the five-minute walkthrough is on the [front page](/) — and the migration note for anyone who was using Parachute Daily: it's on the old CLI's `parachute migrate` command, which archives your Daily data cleanly so you can start fresh with Notes. +If you'd like to try it, the install walkthrough is on the [front page](/). For anyone who was using Parachute Daily: whatever you'd synced into your vault is still there. Install Lens, point it at the same vault, and your notes are waiting. If you find anything broken: please [open an issue](https://github.com/ParachuteComputer). I'm launching this small and listening carefully.