Show HN: KnowNote-A local desktop workspace for questioning your own sources

Category: ai-ml

Tags: local-first, rag, desktop-app, document-search, citations, electron, privacy

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

KnowNote is a local-first desktop application that turns your documents into a searchable knowledge base with local retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). It allows you to query your sources and get answers with traceable citations, while supporting bring-your-own-model endpoints and offering an MCP export surface for agent integration.

Target audience: researchers, knowledge workers, privacy-conscious users, developers

Repository: https://knownote.pages.dev/ · TypeScript · GPL-3.0 · 1167 stars

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