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Thoughts that fired

Engineering notes, release logs and strong opinions about who should own your second brain - from the people wiring OmniFolder together.

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2026-08-20PHILOSOPHY3 MIN READ

Your project's brain, on your disk - why OmniFolder exists

OmniFolder is a local-first workspace where notes, a knowledge graph, a canvas, task planning and AI agents all work over one folder of plain markdown. Why we built one mind instead of six apps.

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2026-08-20ENGINEERING

How to run an MCP server over your notes

MCP lets AI agents like Claude Code read your notes - with your permission, node by node. How OmniFolder's built-in MCP server works, how to connect a client, and why it binds to 127.0.0.1.

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2026-08-20PHILOSOPHY

What is local-first software?

Local-first software keeps your data in files on your own machine and treats the network as optional. Here is a working definition, the test that separates local-first from mere offline mode, and why it matters for your notes.

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