Znote — Markdown notes that run.

Write a note. Press play. The AI reads your files, runs your code, and writes the result inline.
Plain .md files on your disk — yours forever.

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Znote is a clean, local-first Markdown editor for your .md files — minimalist by default, powerful when you need it. On top of a calm, beautiful editor sit two superpowers, and only two:

1. 🧠 AI inside the editor. Type @ to bring any note, folder, or code block in as grounded context — the AI reads your files and writes the result inline, right where you're writing. No second app, no chat window, no copy-paste.
2. ▶️ Code blocks that run. JavaScript / Node.js executes locally in the note. Query a database, fetch an API, shape the rows — the chart or table renders inline, right under the code that produced it. Save the note and you've built a tool.

Everything else is a gorgeous Markdown editor: WYSIWYG, built-in themes (Dark, Nord, Orange, Terminal…), focus mode, tabs, tags, full-text search — and a treeview that composes folders from anywhere on your disk into one workspace. Your files stay put, nothing to migrate.

Your notes, your AI's context, and your code — all in one plain Markdown file:

# Weekly report — week 18

Reviewed onboarding metrics with the team.       ← Markdown prose, like always.

@analytics/onboarding-funnel.md                  ← @references — the AI reads files & blocks as context.

```ai
Write a 3-bullet summary of @onboarding-funnel.  ← AI block — calls your model with the @context above.
```

```js
const data = await db.query(...)                 ← JS / Node block — runs locally, output renders inline.
barChart(data)
```

Want ready-to-run examples? Check the examples/ folder in this repo, or install working workflows in one click from the Recipe Library — Gmail auto-reply, Jira from specs, API tester, SQL explorer, standup digest, and more.

Znote speaks the Model Context Protocol — the open standard that connects AI to real tools. Declare servers in your vault's .znote/mcp.json (the same format as Claude Desktop, so any server's README config pastes as-is), and your ```ai blocks can use their tools:

```ai tools=github
List the open PRs on acme/webapp and draft my standup brief.
```

```ai tools=postgres
How many orders this month, broken down by channel?
```

• tools=<server> gives the model all the server's tools; tools=<server>.<tool> just one. Mix freely with your own JS functions.
• Settings → MCP lists your servers, tests the connection, and shows every tool they expose.
• Servers run locally, as processes Znote starts and stops — consistent with everything else in the app.

Get started with the 22 ready-to-run examples — Filesystem, Postgres, GitHub, Playwright, Linear, Notion, Slack, Stripe, Grafana, Zapier and more — each with the exact config and prompts to run as-is.

Znote is not an Obsidian replacement — it's a companion. Since it's all plain .md, your vault opens as-is: wikilinks, embeds, attachments, your settings. Znote adds executable code blocks and inline AI, and saves results back as Markdown Obsidian can read. A one-click companion plugin even adds "▶ Run in Znote" buttons inside Obsidian.

Stop using Znote tomorrow — your vault won't notice. Learn more →

Your AI key. Your models. Your rules. No vendor lock-in.

• OpenAI — direct API key, the most-used path.
• Ollama (local) — run models like LLaMA or Mistral on your own machine, fully offline. Nothing ever leaves your computer.
• OpenRouter — one API, hundreds of models from many providers.

New to API keys? Znote walks you through it in 2 minutes on first launch. ~5€ of API credit ≈ months of daily use.

Znote is free with every feature included, for Windows (x64 & arm64), macOS (Intel & Apple Silicon), and Linux (x64 & arm64).

1. Download from znote.io.
2. Windows: run the .exe installer · macOS: open the .dmg and drag Znote to Applications · Linux: run the .AppImage.
3. That's it — no account, works offline.

The AI comes with free requests to try, and you can bring your own key to keep going on your own terms — see znote.io for details.

I built Znote because I believe your notes shouldn't be a dead archive — they should work with you. Being able to converse with your own notes changes everything for productivity: the AI answers from what you wrote — your specs, your meetings, your research — not generic guesses. And runnable code blocks turn a simple note into a little tool: query a database, call an API, render a chart, save the file — next week you just open it and press play. Once your notes can think and run, you stop copy-pasting between five apps and start getting things done in one place.

— Anthony, maker of Znote

Znote is built by one indie dev who reads every email. 🚀

• 💡 Ideas & questions — GitHub Discussions
• 🐛 Bug reports — GitHub Issues
• 📚 Documentation — doc.znote.io
• ✉️ Email — contact@alc-digital.fr
• 🐦 Twitter/X — @alagrede

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