Capture without ceremony
A global shortcut, a share target, or a plain file drop. The note exists before the system asks for structure.
A quieter placefor serious thought.
Capture ideas the moment they arrive. Cortex links them so recall feels automatic.
Notes should compound, not pile up.
Most note apps are storage. Cortex is a working memory: it holds what you write, then re-surfaces the right fragment when a later idea needs it.
The interface stays quiet so the library can get loud with connections. You write. The graph does the remembering.
Links with judgment
Cortex proposes neighbors from language and history. You decide which edges deserve to stay.
Search that reads
Ask a question. Receive the passages that answer it, plus the notes that argue with them.
Yours on disk
Local Markdown by default. Sync is a convenience, not the price of entry.
“I stopped hunting for the note. The note started finding the problem I was already in.”
Build a library you can think inside.
Free for personal use. Export is ordinary Markdown. No dark patterns, no forced cloud.