Anytype – a local and collaborative database with API and MCP server
Hey HN, co-founder of anytype here - a wiki tool to collaborate on docs, databases and files - all local and private. Everything stays on your device—end-to-end encrypted, synced peer-to-peer, with support of collaboration in groups. What’s new: - local API (desktop only for now) - lets you create your workflows - MCP server - lets you connect LLMs - raycast extension as an example Try it: https://download.anytype.io/ Don’t judge us by the website—it’s outdated, as we’ve been heads-down building. Start on desktop = mobile apps are companions. Best of all, anytype works on Mac.…
Anytype – a local and collaborative database with API and MCP server launched on June 26, 2025 with 20 votes, #782 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Anytype is a local-first database and wiki tool for collaborating on documents, databases, and files. All data remains encrypted on users' devices and syncs peer-to-peer for group collaboration. It features a local API for creating custom workflows, an MCP server for connecting to language models, and a Raycast extension. The open-source core supports end-to-end encryption and CRDT-based synchronization. Anytype is designed primarily for desktop use, with mobile apps serving as companions.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
anytype is your own local-first, collaborative wiki that combines dynamic documents, databases, templates and web publishing. Anytype is private, works offline and keeps everything synced across all your devices. anytype helps you share and collaborate with others without compromising on privacy. …
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN, co-founder of anytype here - a wiki tool to collaborate on docs, databases and files - all local and private. Everything stays on your device—end-to-end encrypted, synced peer-to-peer, with support of collaboration in groups. What’s new: - local API (desktop only for now) - lets you create your workflows…
Does a similar job
all alternatives →
Anytype - Public Beta2023 · anytype.io · ▲907Anytype is built on the open-source AnySync protocol: a local-first protocol based on CRDTs. Users of Anytype can create spaces - graph-based databases with modular UI. Each space has unique access rights. Today, Anytype's beta is in single-player mode. Multiplayer mode, which will support local-first collaboration between multiple users, will be launched in the first half of 2024. Anytype fulfils the seven ideals of local first software from here - https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/ , our team felt these things are important to all of us: • No spinners: your work…
Anything APIMar 2026 · anything.notte.cc · ▲656Hey HN! We built Notte, a browser infrastructure and agents platform. Many of our users automate UI workflows or extract data from sites that don’t have APIs. In practice, we noticed that once an agent understands how a site works, parts of the task can often run without a browser by interacting with the same network requests the site uses. So we built Anything API: describe a browser task, and our agent explores the site, builds a function, tests it against your description, and deploys a callable REST endpoint. No infra to manage. How the build works: - Describe the task (best results come…
More dev tools this month
the category →
open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dev tools · 28d ago · github.com
Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dev tools · 26d ago · github.com
OpenBot▲362Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer
Dev tools · 23d ago · openbot.run
Talanoa▲346Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…
Dev tools · 20d ago · talanoa.email
CoreSpeed▲332One MCP for everything your agents need: apps, memory, tools
Dev tools · 28d ago · corespeed.io
Source: Show HN post ↗ · launch text quoted in part
Launched alongside, June 2025
the whole month →- IM
Hey HN! Pilots everywhere are required to keep a logbook of all their flying hours, aircraft, airports, and so on. Since I track everything digitally (some people still just use paper logbooks!), I put together some data visualizations and a few 3D globes to show my flying history. This globe is probably my favourite so far: https://jameshard.ing/pilot/globes/all If you’ve got ideas for other graphs or ways to show this kind of data, I’d love to hear them!
Life & fun · 2025 · jameshard.ing
Stunning presentations with AI. No design skills required.
AI · 2025 · chroniclehq.com
Build native mobile apps for iOS and Android without code.
Dev tools · 2025 · bble.io
All your connections, across all your socials.
AI · 2025 · pally.com
I was the main contributor to workout.lol, an open-source fitness app to easily build a workout routine. The project had traction (1.4k GitHub stars, 95 forks, ~20K visits/month), but was eventually sold due to video licensing hurdles. The new owner stopped maintaining it, and the repo went abandoned. Over the next 9 months, I sent 15 emails to try to save it : no replies. Feature requests & issues were ignored. The community was left with a "broken" tool let's say. I couldn't just let it die So I built the new version from scratch with the same open-source spirit, but a better…
Dev tools · 2025 · github.com