mdSilo

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.

Features

• 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.

Screenshots

• 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

Tech Stack

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

Road map

Input end

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

Output end

• Markdown

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

• Markdown extension

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

• Writing, formatting and drawing

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

• View

  • [X] Graph
  • [X] Task
  • [X] Chronicle

• Organize writings

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

Extension

• [ ] Javascript injection
• [ ] Plugin
• [ ] Customize theme

Cross

• Input --flow--> Output

  • [ ] ...

• Cross-Platform

  • [x] Windows, macOS, Linux.
  • [X] Web: https://mdsilo.com/app/
  • [ ] Mobile: iOS/iPadOS and Android

Any questions, feedback or suggestions?

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