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OpenKnowledge

OpenKnowledge is a beautiful, local-first WYSIWYG markdown editor with integrations for Claude, Codex, and other harnesses. For personal notes, team knowledge bases, and LLM wikis.

macOS app   •   Web App / CLI   •   𝕏   •   Discord

Features

Key highlights:

  • Full true WYSIWYG so that editing markdown files feels like editing a Google Doc or Notion page.
  • Collaborative AI-editing with Claude, Codex, and Cursor desktop apps. Can be used with any harness/agent via MCP/CLI, like OpenCode.
  • Out-of-the-box MCP, skills, and agentic search for LLM Wikis, agent second brains, and knowledge graphs.
  • No-code Team sharing and Auto-sync powered by git/GitHub under the hood.
  • Embeddable HTML and rich components for writing engineering specs and visualized reports.
  • A built-in TUI in the Desktop app and a Web UI for users who prefer terminals.

Docs for general usage: https://openknowledge.ai/docs.

Install

macOS: download the desktop app — open the DMG, drag OpenKnowledge to Applications, and launch it. Latest release.

Linux, Windows, Intel Mac: run the same editor as a local web app via the CLI (Node.js 24+ required):

npm install -g @inkeep/open-knowledge
cd your-project
ok init          # scaffold the project + wire up Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex
ok start --open  # serve the web editor and open it in your browser

Contributions

Public pull requests are welcome. When a public PR opens here, automation mirrors it into the internal monorepo for review and merge.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

License

OpenKnowledge is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later (GPL-3.0-or-later).

⭐️ If you'd like to support this project, consider starring the repo ⭐️

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