1.9 Follow the connections

If there’s demand

Smarter links, still just files.

After 1.0. Version numbers mark the intended order, not dates or paid upgrades; scope is provisional and may change with evidence and demand. Checked against the development repository on 15 October 2026.

In short

Smarter links, still just files: completion and navigation for relative links and headings, and a check for broken links.

Wikilinks come only if people ask for them, and backlinks are limited to files that are already indexed. This version waits on clear demand.

In practice

Start a link to another file, pick a heading from the list, and later see which links no longer point anywhere.

Why it isn’t simple

  • Links in plain files break quietly. Rename a file or a heading and links elsewhere stop working. Finding them needs an up-to-date index of every link, including changes other apps make on disk.
  • Heading links depend on how anchors are made. Different tools turn headings into link targets differently, so completion has to produce links that also work outside MostlyText.
  • Wikilinks aren’t standard Markdown. Other apps won’t understand them, which is why they wait for real demand.

What it won’t do

  • No graph view, vault or task model.

What it covers

1.9Follow the connections

If there’s demand

  • Relative-link and heading completion/navigation
  • Broken-link detection
  • Optional wikilinks only with demand
  • Backlinks limited to already indexed files; no graph/vault/task model

Depends on Work across folders.

Product direction, October 2026Plan reference 1.9

Builds on

Leads to

Nothing else on the roadmap.

What the labels mean

If there’s demand
goes ahead only with clear demand and the capacity to support it.