Novi Notes
Your notes become AI memory. Local-only, no subscription.
Novi Notes launched on March 21, 2026 with 107 votes, #413 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Novi Notes isn't just a note app — it's a local AI memory layer for your Mac. Any AI on your machine can instantly read and write your notes. Open Claude or any MCP client and ask. No API keys, no cloud, no config. Rich block editor with 15 block types, wiki links, backlinks, daily notes, manuals, and post-its. Knowledge flows from quick capture to polished reference — AI works across the entire lifecycle. One-time purchase. No subscription, ever. Your data never leaves your Mac.
A local-first Mac note app. MCP-native — Claude, Claude Code, Gemini, and Codex read and write your notes directly. One-time purchase, no subscription.
Novi keeps every note on your Mac. No cloud, no subscription. Through MCP, any AI on your Mac — Claude, Claude Code, Gemini, Codex — reads and writes your notes in place. MCP-native. Any AI on your Mac (Claude, Gemini, Codex) reads and writes your notes, follows your folder structure, respects your blocks. SwiftData on disk. Works offline. No account, no telemetry, no vendor lockup. Daily notes, TODOs that roll over, work logs, manuals with versioning, post-its, calendar — all here. A native SwiftUI app. Notes live in a local SwiftData store on your machine — never on a server. One click in AI Settings — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Gemini, and Codex connect themselves. No config files, no…from rhcwlq89.github.io
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