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)