Thank you for the preview of what is going to come. I can say that I really love the concept of “workspaces”. Do you mind saying a few words about my idea to show a “notes list” in the second pane rather than the editor for the case and just for the case that a folder is selected in the sidebar? I think here can be realized some useful and meaningful stuff. For clarification: As I posted the video about craft I just wanted to show the basic principle but would wish a different feature set and aesthetics than in craft. Is it something valuable you would think of and considering it? Or could you already say that such a thing would be completely out of the question?
Your feedback is always welcome, but I don’t have too much to say about this right now. We will start with the left pane showing the folder and files and see how it turns out.
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I will come back with that topic when the beta of panda will be released 
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There is one point left in regard to the design of the left sidebar which I should mention. I think once files and folders are implemented in the sidebar you will be able to add new folders and files by context menu of a folder. So far so good. But often enough a user wants just to create a new note without bothering there to save it in the folder-file-structure, so that it can be done to a later date. This point should be considered in the sense that these notes are accessible somehow. In bear that would be the section “untagged”.
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will current bear pro users have more benefits as well for the panda markdown notes
This would be absolutely amazing to get the Bear quality and feel while working on local files!
I would use it for absolutely everything, as my second brain. That’s how I currently use Bear, and works fine. But I would really love this to be file and folder based (tag organization has never been my favorite).
I often include attachments in my notes too (images and other documents). Having these as easily accessible files on disk would be perfect.
I would also love for each folder to be a note of it’s own. Each note could ideally have children, and there wouldn’t be a separation between a file and a folder (I could see that being implemented like an “index.html” file on websites). This is also how Notion works with their pages. The point of these files is that each “folder” has a clear entry point. Instead of just having a list of files, there is a note immediately open that can be the introduction into the “topic” of the folder.
Sync is a definite must, though I am happy for this to happen through iCloud.
I would definitely need the ability to also edit the same files on my phone.
Collaboration would also be absolutely amazing. E.g. if people have share iCloud folder it would be great for both to be able to work on the document at the same time.
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I just tested Panda as my editor for Devonthink Markdown Files (Open with …). Intendation in Lists works…
I use panda to open any random md or even txt files, ‘cos it’s lovely init!
On a more ambitious level I am considering it as an editor to use alongside Tana, which has fantastic functionality for PKM but an editing environment I dislike –open a Tana node in Panda, edit, save it back to the node –needs lots of scripting, but it it possible on the Tana side of things.
Be nice if there were a helping hand from Panda to same a short cut key sequence that would trigger an AppleScript for instance –(as an alternative save command)
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I create a lot of technical documentation in markdown in my VSCode projects. Having the Bear / Pandas editing experience would take it to the next level.
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Reviving this thread to add another voice clamoring for Panda. I have a Blot.im site that I edit with Zed. I’m not a coder, but it works well enough for now. I would use Panda for exactly this case, as well as for long-form writing. Yes, I can write in Bear and export as .md to the Blot folder, but I usually end up having to fiddle with this or that–I’d rather edit the file in place and see the changes happen in real time. I would certainly pay more to use Panda in addition to my monthly Bear Pro subscription.
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I am new to Bear. I migrated from Obsidian because Bear has a much better integration with Claude.
My main use case is writing a non-fiction book.
From what I’m reading about Panda, it feels like it could be an even more suitable tool for me than Bear Notes.
But it looks like it’s been in beta for a long time. Can anyone confirm if it is still coming?
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I recently made the heart-wrenching decision to switch from Bear to Obsidian because having Claude Code be able to read/search/bulk-edit my notes feels like a superpower that I can only get (to it’s full potential) with file-based notes. I am desperate to get my hands on Panda so I can have a good editing experience again. I’m using some combination of IA Writer and Obsidian right now and it’s not satisfactory, but unfortunately worth the degraded writing experience for the power of Claude Code (did I mention it also has access to my email).
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I would love to get an update on Panda. I was an original user of Bear, went to Obsidian, and then eventually found myself back with Bear when I realized Apple Notes was horrid for writing and Obsidian was just too…clunky for me. I LOVE Bear and Panda would be the perfect companion to the Bear app for managing a folder of Markdown notes. I remember testing Panda years ago and was surprised to see that it’s still not available. Any update on Panda?
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Hello. I see mention earlier in this thread of Panda having a sidebar. Does anyone know if this is still present in the latest beta posted in 1/2026? I don’t see a way to turn on a sidebar. Thanks.
Make Panda work with Git repositories! A built-in Git implementation for commit, pull, fetch, and history would be amazing.
Bear for little notes, to-do, personal knowledge with tags and icloud
Panda for project e wiki with folders and git/local-first app
For daily work with AI agents, especially in programming, the knowledge base is stored in markdown files. It would be really useful if Panda could:
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Open a project folder and display a tree with all existing markdown files, as a “vault” like Obsidian does.
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Also show hidden folders (dot-directories). There a plenty of “.claude”, “.planning”, …
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Group and separate the different projects in some way. Perhaps one window per project, to be able to keep tabs for the markdown files themselves.
Bump, we need an update regarding Panda from the developers!