Formidable — Build and Extend Your Workflow
A desktop tool for designing YAML templates, filling them out as forms, and rendering the result to Markdown, HTML, or PDF — with a built-in REST API and Lua plugins.
From personal cookbooks to audit-ready compliance reports: for anyone who needs structured, version-controllable documentation without cloud lock-in.
📥 Download Formidable — Windows, macOS, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Raspberry Pi.
Formidable 2.0 - From Electron to Go + Wails 3
2026-05-20 · 1 min read
The Electron version had a good run. The new Formidable is a single native binary with a real Go backend, a built-in REST API, and a Lua plugin system.
GiGot — A Sync Server for Formidable
2026-05-02 · 1 min read
A small Git-backed server that lets Formidable clients clone, push, and pull templates across machines - local-first on the client, optional on the server.
Society's Biggest Lie
2025-09-10 · 2 min read
The biggest lie is that progress comes from process and committees; in truth, it always begins with one or two focused people, and only later gets industrialized.
Auditability by Design — From FERMA to Formidable
2025-08-31 · 3 min read
What does 'auditability by design' mean, why does FERMA highlight it in the Cyber Risk Governance Framework, and how does Formidable bring it into practice?
Why Formidable?
2025-08-09 · 2 min read
Five months of learning, experimenting, and building — the story of how Formidable grew from a simple idea into a structured way of working with Markdown.
Welcome
2025-08-08 · 1 min read
An introduction to my blog: exploring tech, coding, productivity, and the journey behind building Formidable.