AutoDown: A Knowledge Base That Thinks
A Markdown+YAML dialect of the Auto language, and Jade Garden, an Obsidian-like knowledge base built with it. Frontend and backend logic are all one .at source — the largest showcase of "one codebase, two shapes" in the Auto ecosystem.
AutoDown at a Glance
Jade Garden: One Source Tree, Two Shapes
29 widgets are generated as Vue SFCs from .at via a2ts; the same DSL is interpreted by the AutoVM and rendered natively by iced. Web and desktop aren't developed twice — they're developed once.
- Three-pane layout — source tree, editor, and preview, linked.
- Dark & light themes — full dark/light support on desktop.
- Streaming demo — edit/view/stream showcase modes.
Documents as Data
AutoDown documents can be parsed, queried, transformed, and generated — a knowledge base isn't just for humans to read.
- Markdown + YAML — familiar writing syntax with structured-data power.
- Knowledge graph — the links and linkgraph modules build a citation network across documents.
- Tasks & agenda — the tasks/agenda modules turn TODOs into queryable data.
- Spaced repetition — the srs module turns notes into study cards.
meta:
title: "v0.5 Release Retro"
tags: [release, v05]
# Release by the Numbers
commits: 5711
highlights:
- AutoOS Virtual Desktop
- Bootstrap² matrix achievedWhy AutoDown Matters
Single Source of Truth
Frontend and backend logic all in .at, with Rust as just the shell — the highest form of full-stack Auto.
Dual-Backend Parity
23 e2e checks hold equally on the vue and VM backends; consistency is locked in by tests.
Knowledge as Data
Parseable, queryable, generatable — the knowledge base is AutoOS's memory layer.
Same-Stack Toolchain
Built with the same compiler, VM, and transpilers as the language itself — no special channels.