note.md
your notes and research documentation now a local LLM Memory
note.md launched on June 26, 2026 with 280 votes, #88 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
note.md is a local-first research workspace for Mac that combines note-taking, source management, PDF reading, and citation tools in one application. It allows users to read papers, organize sources, write markdown notes, cite evidence, and convert literature into structured writing without switching between separate applications like Zotero, Obsidian, and PDF readers. The tool integrates a local LLM to function as research memory, designed for researchers and academic writers who need an integrated workspace.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
A local-first research workspace for Mac. Read papers, manage sources, take markdown notes, cite evidence, and turn literature into structured writing — instead of juggling Zotero, Obsidian, PDF readers and writing apps.
One Mac app instead of Zotero, Obsidian and a PDF reader. Read papers, keep every citation anchored to the passage it came from, and write in markdown you own. Local AI, nothing uploaded.
One Mac app instead of Zotero, Obsidian, a PDF reader and a writing app. Your sources, your highlights, your notes and your citations sit in the same window, so the passage you read in March is one click away in November. Every AI feature runs on your Mac. Nothing you read or write gets uploaded, and none of it trains anyone’s model. The AI searches what you’ve already read. The thinking stays yours. note.md is a macOS app that combines a PDF reader, a reference manager, a markdown note editor and a writing environment in a single window. It stores everything as plain markdown files on your Mac, and its AI features run on-device instead of in the cloud. Drop in every paper for your thesis.…from notemd.org
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