
    ┌─────────────────────────────┐
    │   ┌───┐       ┌───┐         │
    │   │ N │◄──────┤ N │◄────┐   │
    │   └─┬─┘       └─┬─┘     │   │
    │     │           │       │   │
    │     ▼           ▼       │   │
    │   ┌───┐       ┌───┐     │   │
    │   │ N ├──────►│ N ├─────┘   │
    │   └───┘       └─┬─┘         │
    │                 │  ASSOC.   │
    │                 ▼  TRAILS   │
    │               ┌───┐         │
    │               │ ● │         │
    │               └───┘         │
    └─────────────────────────────┘

$cat ./manifesto.txt

THINK IN
ASSOCIATIONS.

> MEMEX is a terminal-native second brain. Notes are nodes. Links are typed edges. Every thought you have is one keystroke away from every other thought you've ever had.

> Named for Vannevar Bush's 1945 device — a desk that remembers by analogy. Forty years of commonplace books crammed into the space between two keystrokes.

$ curl -L memex.sh | sh_> read the docs

[ ZERO CLOUD · OFFLINE-FIRST · TUI + GUI ]

::/log/boot.d

[+000.00][OK]memex kernel / cold boot initiated

[+000.12][OK]vault :: ~/brain … 4,382 nodes indexed

[+000.27][OK]edge table loaded (19,204 typed edges)

[+000.43][INFO]embeddings cache hit 94.2%

[+000.61][WARN]untagged nodes detected: 12 → see /orphans

[+000.84][OK]daemon memexd started on :7070

[+001.17][OK]backlinks resolved · concordance built

[+001.34][INFO]suggest.engine armed · cosine threshold 0.32

[+001.52][OK]ready. ▒

::/modules

06 LOADED

M-01● ACTIVE

◯─●─◯
│ │
◯─●─◯

GRAPH

Every note is a node. Every link is a typed edge. Traverse by keyword, by tag, by vibe.

ctrl-g

M-02● ACTIVE

▛▀▀▀▜
▌ ▣ ▐
▙▄▄▄▟

VAULT

Plain markdown on disk. Git-friendly. Outlives the tool. Your notes are YOUR notes.

ctrl-v

M-03● ACTIVE

A→B→C
│   │
Z←Y←X

CONCORD

Concordance: every proper noun you've ever used, clustered, waiting for the next reference.

ctrl-c

M-04● ACTIVE

 ● → ●
   ↘
    ●→●

TRAIL

Record your train of thought as a trail. Replay it, fork it, share it, inherit one.

ctrl-t

M-05● BETA

╭──╮
│??│
╰┬─╯
 ◉

ORACLE

Local LLM read-only mode. Asks your notes, never your data. Opt-in, offline, sandboxed.

ctrl-o

M-06● ACTIVE

▐▌▐▌▐▌
 ─────
   ▼

PRESS

Compile a subset of the vault into a static site, a zine, or a plain .txt to email.

ctrl-p

::/session/live

~/memex/graph/montaigne237 nodes · 1,108 edges

FILE

// entry/0238.mx
@ruskin @venice @craft

Reading Ruskin on Venice,
and what strikes me is his
insistence that ornament is
*labour made visible*.

The gargoyle is not a joke —
it is the mason's signature.

↳ linked: 0041 "craft"
↳ linked: 0162 "ornament"
↳ evokes: 0019 "software"

ASSOCIATIONS

> link.suggest @ornament
0162 …ornament as labour made visible.
     distance: 0.12 ★★★★★
0041 …craft is what the system conceals.
     distance: 0.19 ★★★★☆
0019 …an interface that reveals its hand.
     distance: 0.24 ★★★☆☆
0091 …the mason, the monk, the maker.
     distance: 0.31 ★★★☆☆

> graph.traverse --start 0238 --depth 3
  found 14 paths in 0.004s
  visualize? [y/N] ▒

^O save^F find^G graph^L link^? helpREADY

::/install

# one-liner, no package manager required
$ curl -L https://memex.sh | sh

# or build from source
$ git clone git://memex.sh/memex.git
$ cd memex && make install

# launch
$ memex open ~/brain
  loading vault … 4,382 nodes
  index ready in 14ms
  listening on 127.0.0.1:7070

> Runs on any UNIX, macOS, WSL, and the browser.
> Encrypts at rest with your SSH key.
> Syncs over git, IPFS, or a USB stick.

> FREE for personal use. $12/mo for teams.
> No telemetry. No accounts. No AI reading your diary.