The AI that actuallyknows you
Most AI forgets you after every chat. meld is different — you and AI share a knowledge base. Both read, write, and build on the same files. The more you use it, the smarter it gets.
Ask anything. Agent handles the rest.
meld indexes your vault, then answers from your personal context — past decisions, projects, notes. Not generic AI. It creates and updates notes autonomously.
meldMy VaultYour March retrospective noted 68% of inbound interest was from teams, not individuals.
B2B willingness-to-pay is 3–5x higher than consumer.
You ask
Natural language, just talk. No syntax, no commands.
It knows
Answers from YOUR context — past decisions, projects, notes. Not generic AI.
It acts
Creates, connects, and grows the shared knowledge base. Every conversation compounds.
AI that gets better because it’s yours
You talk, it captures
Share your projects, ideas, decisions. meld captures everything as structured notes. Ask what it doesn't know — it researches, saves, and never forgets.
It knows your context
References past decisions without being asked. Connects ideas you hadn't linked yourself. Starts to feel like it actually understands your work.
It becomes YOUR AI
Understands your thinking style, priorities, patterns. No other AI has this depth — because no other AI has your vault. A fundamentally different experience.
Three pillars, not a feature list.
The more you use it, the more it knows
You and AI share one knowledge base — both read, write, and build on the same files. Every conversation enriches it with your projects, decisions, thinking style. Not session memory that vanishes — a structured knowledge base that compounds over months and years.
Shared knowledge base · Compounds over time
Your files. Your AI. Forever.
Everything lives on your device as plain Markdown. Open source, AGPL-3.0. If meld disappears tomorrow, your knowledge stays. Zero lock-in, zero compromise.
Local-first · Open source · Plain Markdown · Git safety
Not a chatbot. An agent.
meld doesn't wait for commands. It plans, researches, creates, and connects. You set the direction — AI does the work. From a quick question to a 50-note research mission.
Autonomous agent · Web research · Auto-linking
Not a notes tool. A personal AI layer.
Every AI starts blank. meld shares a knowledge base with you — one that both of you read, write, and grow together.
Smart Vault
Your knowledge, AI-powered. Reads, creates, connects — building your personal context.
Personal AI
Knows your context, decisions, preferences. Helps you think, not just search.
Right Hand
Super-personalized assistant. Understands you deeper than any other AI.
“I want to launch an EdTech startup”
Reads your vault — understands business context, team, resources, past decisions
Plans a research strategy — market, competitors, regulation, technology
Searches the web for missing context, synthesizes findings
Creates dozens of notes with frontmatter, source links, Zettelkasten connections
Updates existing notes, links new knowledge to your graph
Forgets after the session. Context lost. Start over every time.
Writes to your files. Remembers forever. Every conversation makes the vault — and the agent — smarter.
Your AI, your way.
Full control with local models, or let us handle everything. Two tiers free forever — pay only if you want zero setup.
Local
Run AI entirely on your machine. No API keys, no internet required. Full control.
BYOK
Bring your own key — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google. All features, zero cost to us. You choose the model.
meld Cloud
No API keys, no setup. We handle the AI. 100 messages/day. Just download and go.
meld Cloud — coming soon
Managed AI is in the works for Phase 2. Local and BYOK are available now.
How meld stacks up
Not all AI tools are created equal. Here’s what makes meld different.
| Feature | meld | ChatGPT / Claude | Obsidian Copilot | Mem.ai | Khoj |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remembers your context | Persistent vault | Per-session only | Plugin-level | Cloud-only | Self-hosted |
| Your files, your disk | Local Markdown | Cloud | Local (plugin) | Cloud | Self-hosted |
| Autonomous note creation | Yes | No | No | Limited | Limited |
| Git version control | Auto-commits | No | No | No | No |
| Open source | AGPL-3.0 | No | Limited | No | Yes |
| Works offline (Ollama) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Desktop app | Tauri (15 MB) | Web | Plugin | Web | Web |
Free forever.
Open source.
meld is open-source under AGPL-3.0. All features, no paywall, no trial. Bring your own API key and use meld for free — forever.
Follow the journey.
meld is built in the open — every decision, metric, and lesson shared publicly. Star the repo, join the conversation, or support the project.