Domvault – self-hostable second brain with consent-based note sharing
Hi HN, wanted to translate this into a more human-readable post - please see below and would love any and all feedback! What is it: A second brain you self-host and engine to compound itself and spark new ideas, from your own ideas. Why: ROI on your own knowledge, actually realize the value from your ideas. Down the line I'd love for this to evolve into a wider / shareable concept -- Haven't fully figured this out yet which is part of the reason I am posting. View the /constellation folder for the specs on that concept. (Self hosting engine is all in the repo as well) Looking…
Domvault – self-hostable second brain with consent-based note sharing launched on June 21, 2026 with 6 votes, #2,066 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
An AI-augmented second brain you can self-host. Contribute to dys5315/domvault development by creating an account on GitHub.
Own your notes (plain Markdown, on your machine), let an agent surface the connections between them, and share only what you choose — signed and credited. ▶ See it live — explore my own notes as a zoomable universe, no install needed: https://dys5315.github.io/domvault/constellation/ Domvault is the engine , not the content . You bring your own notes; the repo ships the structure, workflows, scripts, and agent instructions that make a plain folder of Markdown behave like a living, self-improving graph. Source-available (PolyForm Noncommercial) · zero runtime dependencies · honest note: I designed and directed it, but an AI agent wrote most of the code. Most "second brain" templates are just…from github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, wanted to translate this into a more human-readable post - please see below and would love any and all feedback! What is it: A second brain you self-host and engine to compound itself and spark new ideas, from your own ideas. Why: ROI on your own knowledge, actually realize the value from your ideas. Down the…
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