Nous
Where thinking takes form
A personal knowledge system where research, reflection, and networked thinking converge. Your notes aren't files—they're an evolving structure of ideas, each one linked to the last, each one leading to the next.
Networked Thinking
Wiki-links, backlinks, and an interactive knowledge graph surface connections you didn't know existed. Ideas don't live in silos.
AI-Powered Inquiry
Search the web, extract content, synthesize sources. A research assistant that works alongside your thinking, not instead of it.
Think Together
Start a live session on any page. Share a link. Edit simultaneously. No accounts required—just a URL and an idea.
Spaced Repetition
Turn any note into flashcards. A built-in review system that makes knowledge stick, with streak tracking and adaptive scheduling.
Daily Practice
Daily notes with goal tracking, energy check-ins, and habit streaks. Build a rhythm of thinking that compounds over time.
Share Your Work
Publish notebooks as themed websites. Minimal, academic, documentation, or blog styles. Your knowledge, your presentation.
Built on conviction
The principles that shape every decision in Nous
Local-first, always
Your data lives on your machine. Plain files, no proprietary databases, no cloud dependency. You own every byte. Sync when you choose to, not because you have to.
Native performance
Built with Rust and Tauri. Not an Electron wrapper. Not a web app pretending to be native. Fast startup, low memory, real desktop integration across macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Thinking over tooling
Every feature serves the act of thinking. No feature bloat, no productivity theater. The interface recedes so your ideas can advance.
Open source
Nous is free software. Read every line, modify anything, contribute back. Built in the open because knowledge tools should be as transparent as the thinking they enable.
Browse the sourceLicensed under GNU GPL v3