SoloMD is a local-first Markdown editor for managing plain Markdown notes and knowledge bases.
It combines a live editing environment with tools for working across a vault of notes, including wikilinks, backlinks, semantic search, export options, and an agent-focused interface that can connect Markdown files to external LLM clients through a bundled MCP server.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Typora-style WYSIWYG live editing with tabs, split panes, Vim mode, and slideshow support.
- Knowledge-base features including wikilinks, backlinks, YAML frontmatter editing, typed relationships, and saved filtered views.
- Built-in AI agent panel with support for chat-with-vault workflows and bring-your-own-key access to multiple AI providers.
- Bundled MCP server allowing tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline, Continue, and Zed to work with Markdown vaults.
- AutoGit version history, Git-backed sync, local semantic search, KaTeX, Mermaid, Pandoc export, and Hunspell spell checking.
Website: github.com/zhitongblog/solomd
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Developer: xiangdong li
License: MIT License
SoloMD is written in TypeScript and Rust. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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