Features
Everything in Metis
A complete, native Markdown knowledge base - all over plain .md files you own, with private on-device AI and git history. Free.
Writing - live-preview editor
- Markdown styles render as you type; syntax markers hide on inactive lines
- Separate Reading mode renders the full document
- Images, GFM tables, code highlighting, and native LaTeX math ($…$ / $$…$$)
- Mermaid diagrams from ```mermaid fences (flowcharts, sequence, class, state, ER, gantt, pie)
- Optional line numbers; a collapsible connections panel for more editing space
Organization - vaults & folders
- A vault is a folder of notes; switch between multiple vaults (one per client/company)
- Expandable folder tree with per-folder note counts and a clickable breadcrumb
- Create, rename, delete folders; drag a note onto a folder to move it
- The familiar folders → notes → editor layout
Structure - typed properties
- Add status, owner, due, priority, aliases, or custom keys to any note
- Edited as compact, color-coded chips
- Stored as standard YAML front matter - round-trips with Obsidian and is scriptable
- Turns prose notes into manageable items (a lightweight tracker)
Connect - links, backlinks & graph
- [[wiki links]] connect notes; backlinks are automatic
- Aliases let a note be linked by alternate names
- Unlinked mentions surface plain-text references with one-click linking
- A force-directed graph view visualizes the whole web, sized by connection count
- Local-graph mode focuses on a note and its neighbors (adjustable depth) with zoom and pan
Find - keyword + semantic search
- Fast keyword search with operators: tag:, path:, title:
- On-device semantic search finds notes by meaning, not just literal words
- Private - embeddings are computed locally
On-device AI (Apple Intelligence)
- Summarize a note; suggest tags and links
- Writing assist on a selection: continue, rewrite, fix grammar, make concise, expand
- Ask Vault: agentic Q&A that retrieves across your notes with citations
- Daily / weekly review digest; every AI feature is gated and optional
Requires a Mac with Apple Intelligence (macOS 26). The app is fully usable without it.
Do - tasks & agenda
- Markdown checklist tasks (- [ ]) and note-level status/due roll up into one agenda
- Grouped by due date: Overdue / Today / Upcoming / Someday
- Scopable to a folder; filter to items with a due date
- Toggle a task and it writes back to its source note
Trust - version history (git)
- Make a vault a git repo for snapshots and per-note history
- Side-by-side diffs (text and rendered) with one-click restore
- Optional auto-snapshot; uses standard git, so it is portable and CI-friendly
Sync - iCloud (files-first)
- Optional iCloud Documents sync across your Macs
- Conflict detection with a resolution UI
- Files-first - your own files in your own iCloud, not a proprietary cloud
Interop - import / export
- Import individual Markdown files or whole folders recursively
- Export a note or the entire vault; reveal files in Finder
- Plain Markdown mode edits an existing project folder in place - no front-matter injection, no renaming
- Auto-detects an existing git repo for history
Speed - productivity surfaces
- Quick switcher (Cmd-O), command palette (Shift-Cmd-P)
- Templates and daily notes
- Instant cold start via a persistent index
- Non-blocking activity toast showing which subsystem is working (AI / git / search)