Your knowledge,
rooted locally.
Neoma is a research notebook that keeps your notes as plain Markdown files on your own device. No account, no telemetry, no cloud required — just your knowledge, where it belongs.
Everything, offline
A notebook that respects your data
Everything you need to think, write and study — running entirely on your machine.
Local-first & offline
Boots with no network and reopens your last vault and tabs. Your files never leave the device unless you move them.
Plain Markdown
Every page is a portable .md file. No lock-in, no proprietary database
— read and edit them with anything.
Linked notes & graph
Wiki-links, backlinks and a live graph view connect your ideas so nothing gets lost in a folder.
Calendar & daily notes
A built-in calendar, daily journals and .ics import keep your writing tied to your days and deadlines.
Study & flashcards
Turn notes into spaced-repetition flashcards, track exams and revise weak cards — all offline.
Math, PDFs & tasks
KaTeX math, an inline PDF reader, tags, task lists and a slash-command menu — the whole toolkit, built in.
See it in action
Designed to get out of your way
A calm, keyboard-driven editor with the power hiding one slash away.
A slash away from anything
Type / to insert headings, callouts, tables, math, flashcards and
more — fuzzy-searched and grouped, with your favourites first. No menus to hunt
through.
Watch your knowledge grow
Every wiki-link becomes an edge in a live graph. Zoom out to see the shape of your thinking and rediscover notes you'd forgotten.
From notes to flashcards
Mark any Q&A as a flashcard and review it with spaced repetition. Confidence is stored per card so the ones you find hard resurface — completely offline.
Plan the term, track the day
A built-in calendar, daily notes and task lists tie your writing to real dates —
import your class or work schedule from any .ics file.
Who it's for
Built for deep work
One tidy place for the people who live in their notes.
Students
Lecture notes, PDF readings, exam countdowns and flashcards — one vault per course, revised offline on the bus.
Researchers
Citations, linked literature notes, math and a graph of how every idea connects — with your data staying yours.
Writers & thinkers
A distraction-free Markdown editor, daily journaling and backlinks that quietly build your second brain.
Privacy by design
Your data never leaves your device
Most note apps sync your private thinking to someone else's servers. Neoma doesn't. There's no account to create and nothing phones home — the app works exactly the same with your Wi-Fi switched off.
- No account, no sign-up, no email
- Zero telemetry or tracking — verified in CI
- Open source under the AGPL — audit every line
- Your notes are just files you already own
Get going in seconds
How it works
No onboarding wizard, no cloud setup. Open it and write.
Pick a vault
Start in seconds in the browser, or point Neoma at a local folder to keep every note as a real file on disk.
Write in Markdown
Type / for anything — headings, math, tables, callouts, flashcards.
It's just Markdown underneath.
Link & study
Connect notes with [[wiki-links]], explore the graph, and turn key
ideas into flashcards for revision.
Free forever
Get Neoma
Run it in your browser, or install the native app. Every option is free.
Web app
Runs entirely in your browser. Notes stay on your device via local storage or a local folder.
Open web appmacOS
Universal build. Signed & notarised — opens without a Gatekeeper warning.
Download .dmgWindows
Windows 10 & 11 installer. Unsigned — SmartScreen may warn on first run.
Download .exe
Prefer to build it yourself? Clone the repo and run
npm run desktop:build. Always verify
downloads against the SHA256SUMS files on
the release.
Good to know
Frequently asked
Is Neoma really free?
Yes — every platform, no paid tier. Neoma is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, so you can read, modify and self-host it.
Where are my notes stored?
On your device. Point Neoma at a local folder and every page is a plain
.md file you can open in any editor. In the browser without a folder,
notes are kept in local storage on that machine. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Does it work offline?
Completely. Neoma is a local-first app and an installable PWA — it launches and runs with no network connection, and never phones home.
What's the difference between the web app and the desktop app?
Same app, same features. The desktop build adds a native window, system tray, launch-on-startup and native file dialogs. The web app needs no install and is the fastest way to try Neoma.
Can I move my notes to another tool later?
Always. They're standard Markdown files with no proprietary wrapper — there's nothing to export, because they were never locked in to begin with.
Start where your ideas already live
Open Neoma in your browser — no account, no download, no catch.