Best Local-First tools

A local-first personal knowledge workspace for private notes, linked objects, and databases.

Native Markdown notes for Mac and iPhone, stored in files you can open elsewhere.

An open-source iPad notebook for Apple Pencil writing and PDF markup.

A local-first Markdown knowledge base with backlinks, graphs, canvas, and Git sync.

A local-first Markdown notebook and knowledge base with backlinks and optional AI writing.

A local desktop IDE for running coding-agent CLIs and reviewing their project changes.

A native Markdown notebook for Mac, iPhone, and iPad with a one-time mobile-app purchase.

A free public beta for Mac that keeps Markdown notes local and adds meeting capture.

A private, open-source writing app built around searchable notes, pins, and trails.

Plan a week of work on a local-first timeline with projects, offline access, and self-hosting.

A native Markdown notebook that keeps notes as files and adds linked-note tools.

A fast local-first notes app with Markdown, offline writing, semantic search, and optional sync.

A Markdown vault for linked notes, daily writing, and optional cloud sync.

A local-workspace knowledge manager for Markdown, mind maps, diagrams, and other files.

A linked-thought knowledge graph for capturing notes and attachments and navigating related ideas.

A local-first macOS outliner that combines linked notes, tasks, calendar views, and deep-work tools.

A local Markdown notebook that turns notes into links, tasks, and searchable topics.

A private diary app with mood, media, local-first writing, and optional cloud sync.

A personal knowledge base built on portable Markdown notes and wikilinks.

An iOS personal knowledge base built from notes, lists, media, and other modular blocks.

A free, open-source Markdown editor for research notes and long-form writing.

A desktop workspace for linked Markdown notes, PDFs, and research in local workspaces.

A free, local-first Markdown notebook for macOS and Windows.

Write with Apple Pencil in an Obsidian vault and keep handwritten pages beside Markdown notes.