pkm — independent software & tools

10 independent pkm listings the big search engines bury.

• Relic

  github · Free · by akihisa-dev

  Local-first knowledge management powered by Markdown.

• twin-brain

  github · Free · by Arsh-S

  A second brain that builds itself: Claude Code maintains a persistent, interlinked Markdown wiki you own, with a local web app, Apple Calendar/Reminders integration, and token-budgeted automation. No database, no API keys.

• NAUTILUS

  github · Free · by master5d

  ENERV — a fast metadata facet-system for organizing tech and knowledge roots from the command line.

• obsidian-glossary-linker

  github · Free · by max-fluff

  Obsidian plugin that highlights glossary terms in any word form, turns them into real links, and learns new aliases from links you've already made. Multilingual morphology, desktop & mobile.

• stelekit

  github · Free · by tstapler

  Local-first outliner and PKM app — plain markdown on your disk, native on every platform

• marginalia

  github · Free · by VforVitorio

  Kindle Scribe handwritten notebooks -> Obsidian Markdown, with OCR and human review.

• @bitbonsai/mcpvault

  npm · Free · by bitbonsai

  Universal AI bridge for Obsidian vaults - connect any MCP-compatible assistant

• @onebrain-ai/cli

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  Local-first Rust CLI for OneBrain — personal AI OS for Obsidian. Downloads the matching platform binary from GitHub Releases on install.

• neurostack

  github · Free · by Abhinav1234abhinav

  Index and search Markdown vaults as knowledge graphs to provide AI agents with persistent, structured long-term memory across sessions.

• obsidian-vault-autopilot

  github · Free · by neckarshore-skills

  Keeps an Obsidian vault tidy on its own — sorts, renames, tags, and enriches your notes automatically.