A local-first mind silo for storing ideas, thought, knowledge with a powerful all-in-one writing tool. built with React and Tauri. see Demo or discuss on Discord

You can get the app on release page or build from the source code:

• install Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
• install Node js: https://nodejs.org
• git clone https://github.com/mdSilo/mdSilo-app.git
• cd mdSilo-app
• yarn && yarn tauri build or npm install && npm run tauri build

Then you can find the app in ./src-tauri/target/release folder.

• I/O: Input and output in one place;
• All-In-One Editor: Markdown, WYSIWYG, MindMap...
• Markdown and extensions: Diagram, Table, Math/Chemical, Code block(Highlight)...
• Slash commands, Hovering toolbar, hotkeys and more toolkits...
• Chronicle view, Graph view, Task view...
• Kanban to make personal knowledge base a serious project;
• Full-text search;
• Dark and Light Mode;
• Available for Windows, macOS, Linux;
• On top of local plain-text files, no registration required, no privacy issue.

• Powerful Editor: WYSIWYG(Markdown, mindmap, mermaid, Latex...), support TOC and Export(PDF/PNG)

• Kanban board: to manage the process of knowledge base growing

• Feed reader, support RSS/Atom and podcast

• Timeline view, and github-like activities tracker

• Graph view

• Editor Framework: ProseMirror
• Frontend Framework: React
• Cross-platform: Tauri

• Support RSS feed
• Podcast client
• Support Atom feed
• View and annotate PDF/epub

• Markdown

  • Style: Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Inline Code
  • Link: mdSilo and https://mdsilo.com,
  • Image: ![]() and local image
  • Headings and TOC,
  • List item: ordered list, bullet list, check list and nested list
  • Table
  • Blockquotes
  • Horizontal Rules

• Markdown extension

  • more style: ==mark==, __underline__, 1^sup^
  • Highlight code block
  • Math and Chemical Equation: inline $\KaTeX$ and block $$\LaTeX$$
  • Notice block: info, warning, tips
  • Wikilink: [[]]
  • Hashtag: #tag#
  • Diagram: mermaid, echarts, music notation...
  • Embed web page: YouTube, Figma...
  • Attach local PDF file

• Writing, formatting and drawing

  • WYSIWYG, Markdown, MindMap and Split view
  • Slash commands
  • Hovering toolbar
  • hotkeys
  • Drawing

• View

  • Graph
  • Task
  • Chronicle

• Organize writings

  • Folder management
  • Kanban board
  • Hashtag
  • Backlinks
  • Recent history
  • Export as PDF, Image, ...
  • Block reference
  • Flashcards
  • Version control: git integration

• Javascript injection
• Plugin
• Customize theme

• Input --flow--> Output

  • ...

• Cross-Platform

  • Windows, macOS, Linux.
  • Web: https://mdsilo.com/app/
  • Mobile: iOS/iPadOS and Android(soon...)

You can follow us on Twitter or go to our Discord. We are waiting there for you.