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/INDEX/04
01 SYSTEM02 SPECS03 PRICING04 MANUAL
BETA · 2026.Q2
CAT.A-04
REV.003
PG.01/12
FILE.index-04.pdf

ANOTESYSTEMFORYOURSECONDBRAIN.

INDEX/04 IS A KEYBOARD-DRIVEN NOTE TOOL FOR RESEARCHERS, BUILDERS AND OBSESSIVES. WRITE PLAIN TEXT. LINK ANYTHING TO ANYTHING. QUERY LIKE A DATABASE. EXPORT LIKE A PRINTER.

WE BELIEVE DATABASES SHOULD FEEL SHARP, DOCUMENTS SHOULD FEEL HEAVY, AND SOFTWARE SHOULD WORK OFFLINE.

→ GET ACCESS39€/YRREAD THE SPECS
04
panes
splittable
127
keybinds
rebindable
∞
notes
per vault
0
trackers
servers
TICKET#001

"FINALLY. SOFTWARE THAT DOESN'T ASK PERMISSION TO WORK."

— H.M., DESIGN RESEARCHER, BASEL

FIG. 01 /THE SYSTEM/ DIAGRAM BELOW
01

CAPTURE

GLOBAL HOTKEY. 120ms FROM THOUGHT TO DISK. PLAIN MARKDOWN, ON YOUR DISK, FOREVER.

⌃⇧N
02

LINK

[[DOUBLE-BRACKETS]] OR DRAG. BACKLINKS AUTOMATIC. TYPED EDGES OPTIONAL.

03

QUERY

SQL-ISH DSL OVER MARKDOWN. FIND EVERY NOTE WITH TAG /books/ CITED IN ANY 2024 ESSAY.

04

VIEW

LIST / TABLE / BOARD / GRAPH / CALENDAR. ONE VAULT, FIVE LENSES. SWITCH WITH ⌘1–5.

05

EXPORT

PDF / EPUB / HTML / STATIC SITE. A FOLDER OF .MD WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR ESCAPE HATCH.

06

SYNC — E2E ENCRYPTED

OPTIONAL PAID RELAY OR BRING YOUR OWN GIT, SSH OR ICLOUD DRIVE. WE DON'T SEE YOUR NOTES. WE DON'T WANT TO.

TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS.

INDEX/04 / DATA SHEET / ISSUE 003 / 2026-04-16

01STORAGEPLAIN MARKDOWN + FRONT-MATTER YAMLNO LOCK-IN
02SEARCHTANTIVY / BM25 + SEMANTIC (LOCAL)< 50 MS @ 10⁵ NOTES
03SYNCEND-TO-END ENCRYPTED · AGE + SIGNIFYOPTIONAL
04OSMACOS 13+ · WINDOWS 10+ · LINUX · iOS 17NATIVE BINARIES
05RAM180 MB IDLE · 420 MB ACTIVEMEASURED 2026-04-14
06LICENSESOURCE-AVAILABLE · PLV2READ IT YOURSELF
07TELEMETRYNONEWE MEAN IT
08EXPORTPDF · EPUB · HTML · RAW MDLOSSLESS

PRICING.

THREE TIERS. NO TRIAL. NO TEASER PRICING.

A

SOLO

0€
FOREVER
  • LOCAL VAULT, UNLIMITED NOTES
  • ALL 5 VIEWS
  • PLAIN MARKDOWN STORAGE
  • EXPORT TO PDF/HTML/EPUB
  • NO CLOUD SYNC
→ DOWNLOAD
B
RECOMMENDED

PRO

39€
/YEAR
  • EVERYTHING IN SOLO
  • E2E ENCRYPTED SYNC
  • QUERY ENGINE · TYPED EDGES
  • WEB CLIPPER · PDF CLIPPER
  • PUBLISH AS STATIC SITE
→ GET PRO
C

STUDIO

12€/SEAT
/MONTH
  • SHARED VAULTS, FINE-GRAINED ACL
  • SSO (OKTA, GOOGLE, ENTRA)
  • AUDIT LOG, RETENTION POLICY
  • ON-PREM RELAY AVAILABLE
  • PRIORITY SUPPORT · PHONE
→ CONTACT SALES
/05 · THE MANUAL

"SOFTWARE SHOULD BEHAVE LIKE A WELL-BUILT TOOL
— SHARP, FASHIONABLE DURABLE, HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT DOES.
INDEX/04 IS A HAMMER, NOT A PLATFORM."

— FOUNDING MEMO / 2024.11.03 / BY THE FIVE OF US

INDEX/04

A SOFTWARE ATELIER.
RUNGESTRASSE 19, 10179 BERLIN.

PRODUCT

DOWNLOAD

CHANGELOG

ROADMAP

OPEN-SOURCE

WRITINGS

ON KEYBOARDS

ON PLAIN TEXT

AGAINST THE CLOUD

COLOPHON

CONTACT

hi@index04.systems

+49 30 00 04 04 04

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