MindNotes 🧠

A local-first, AI-powered personal knowledge management app

✨ Features

📝 Rich Note Taking

• Full markdown editor with live preview
• Syntax highlighting in code blocks
• Tables, task lists, images, links
• YAML frontmatter & tags
• Internal wiki links [[note-name]]
• Backlinks panel

🔍 Smart Search

• Full-text search across all notes
• Tag-based filtering
• Quick open (command palette)

🕸️ Knowledge Graph

• Visual graph of all notes and connections
• Interactive mind map editor
• Auto-generate mind maps from note structure
• Personal CRM view

🤖 AI Assistant (Plugin)

• Multiple LLM providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, OpenRouter
• Summarize, rewrite, improve selected text
• AI chat sidebar with note context
• Auto-suggest tags
• RAG-powered responses from your notes (TF-IDF indexing)

🎨 Phase 5: Polish

• Command Palette (Cmd+P) — Obsidian-style fuzzy search for notes and commands
• Light/Dark Theme — toggle with ☀️/🌙 button, persisted in localStorage
• Comprehensive Settings Panel — Editor, Appearance, Notes, Plugins, AI, Keybindings, About
• Export Notes — HTML (standalone), PDF (print), or all notes as ZIP
• Responsive UI — mobile-friendly layout with hamburger menu, bottom nav, floating action button
• Keyboard Shortcuts — full set of shortcuts throughout the app

🔌 Plugin System

• Extensible plugin architecture
• Enable/disable plugins with one click
• Plugin settings & configuration
• Full AppAPI for plugin developers

💾 Local First

• All data stored as markdown files on your filesystem
• No cloud required, you own your data
• Git-based version history

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Rust (for Tauri desktop builds)

Development

git clone https://github.com/binhong87/mindnote.git
cd mindnote
npm install
npm run dev

Desktop App (Tauri)

npm run tauri dev     # development
npm run tauri build   # production build

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+P / Ctrl+P	Open Command Palette
Cmd+N / Ctrl+N	New Note
Cmd+, / Ctrl+,	Open Settings
Cmd+G / Ctrl+G	Toggle Graph View
Cmd+M / Ctrl+M	Toggle Mind Map
Cmd+S / Ctrl+S	Save Note (toast confirmation)
Cmd+F / Ctrl+F	Focus Search
Escape	Close Modal / Command Palette

🗺️ Roadmap

• Phase 1: Foundation & file management
• Phase 2: Rich editing & search
• Phase 3: Plugin framework & AI assistant
• Phase 4: Mind maps & knowledge graph
• Phase 5: Polish — command palette, themes, settings, export, responsive UI, keyboard shortcuts
• Phase 6: Mobile (iOS/Android via Tauri), Canvas/whiteboard, voice notes, collaboration

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Framework: Tauri v2 (desktop + mobile)
• Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript + Vite
• Editor: TipTap
• Graph: React Flow
• Styling: Tailwind CSS
• State: Zustand
• AI: Configurable LLM providers

📄 License

MIT