Slate
Think in markdown. Reason with AI.
Slate launched on April 9, 2026 with 9 votes, #1,315 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
What it does
Slate is a dead simple macOS markdown editor that turns your messy notes into a living, agent-navigable knowledge base, automatically maintained by AI. Write in plain markdown. Your files stay on your machine, always. No account, no cloud, no lock-in. Slate AI (coming soon) reads your entire files system and answers questions grounded in your own writing.
A macOS knowledge base that connects your notes to your thinking — and your thinking to AI. Local, fast, and built around the format LLMs actually understand.
Slate is a macOS knowledge base that connects your notes to your thinking — and your thinking to AI. Local, fast, and built around the format LLMs actually understand. Slate (Free forever): The full editor with unlimited notes, local storage, split view, and .md export. Slate AI (coming soon): AI knowledge base — ingest any source, ask your notes a question, get answers grounded in your own writing. Download Slate for macOS — Free, no account required. Requires macOS 13 orfrom slatemd.app
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