Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to MdSilo Desktop, smallest local knowledge silo on your desktop

Lightweight Knowledge Base and Feed Reader. Contribute to mdSilo/mdSilo-app development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MdSilo Desktop, smallest local knowledge silo on your desktop launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   MdSilo – A knowledge silo that runs in your web browser▲153

   mdSilo: Lightweight Personal Wiki on Desktop and Web

   2022 · mdsilo.com · its alternatives →

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   KnowledgeOS Beta▲192

   A personal knowledge graph in your browser: tabs, bookmarks

   2021 · comake.io · its alternatives →

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   A simple, tiny Vim and kilo-inspired editor▲120

   A dead simple editor. Contribute to hellerve/e development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   My Drawer▲96

   Open source, intelligent sidebar for MacOS

   Feb 2026 · mydrawer.furkanksl.com · its alternatives →

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   Minio Client tools for object storage▲8

   Unix like utilities for object store. Contribute to minio/mc development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6MT
   Minimalist task management tool with command line functionalities▲12

   Hey all, I have been building Minimado (spelled mini-meadow) over the past few days It's got a minimalist theme inspired by Project IDX from Google, a command mode where you would use terminal-navigation and shortcuts to use the tool, and it could also be downloaded as a native app for any platform. Best part? It requires no sign-ups and is completely free. I might add sign-ups and make it optional for account sync purposes. Play with it and let me know what you think. It's got a "Feedback" link in the bottom left where you can upvote upcoming features and suggest new ones you might think…

   2025 · minimado.com · its alternatives →

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   `monki`. Share your code across hundreds of Git repos.▲6

   Contribute to liolaarc/monki development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I've written down everything I learned for the past year▲13

   notes on things. Contribute to yoshuawuyts/knowledge development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I made a small ePub reader in Clojure▲7

   Contribute to netb258/clj-pub development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Minimalistic “Fork Me on GitHub.”▲9

    Minimalistic "Fork me on GitHub". Contribute to muhammadmuzzammil1998/OctoCSS development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Your GitHub feed as notifications in your desktop▲6

    github feed as notifications in your desktop. Contribute to kessler/node-octofications development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Super Tiny Compiler, in Go▲6

    Like The Super Tiny Compiler, but in Go. Contribute to hazbo/the-super-tiny-compiler development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Codebox – Open-source cloud and desktop IDE▲9

    Open source cloud & desktop IDE. Contribute to CodeboxIDE/codebox development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Papyrus – Unofficial Dropbox Paper Desktop App▲8

    📄 Unofficial Dropbox Paper desktop app. Contribute to morkro/papyrus development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Silica▲5

    Your private local AI workspace for Mac

    Jun 2026 · silicaai.tech · its alternatives →

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    GitHub Badges for Profile Readme.md▲5

    Google's Moma Badges for GitHub. Contribute to my-badges/my-badges development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tax, the Prompt Task List▲6

    CLI Task List Manager. Contribute to netgusto/tax development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DevTop Essential▲7

    An Essential System Tray Desktop tool for the Developers

    2019 · zonayedpca.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Local Know ▲7

    Turn your local docs into an AI-powered knowledge base.

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    TILGist – Create GitHub gists from command line▲7

    Command line tool to collect your TILs (Today I Learnt) as gists on Github - dsinecos/tilgist

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Webcrepe – SQL for the Internet▲7

    Contribute to mcminis1/webcrepe development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Google's Active Learning Playground▲7

    Contribute to google/active-learning development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DoCube▲6

    A Document Browser for Building a Personal Knowledge Base

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Monki – `cp` for github. An alternative to Git submodules▲7

    Contribute to liolaarc/monki development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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