# Monet

> One brain for you and your agents. Monet is a quiet, local-first Markdown vault: a rich desktop app for you, a CLI and MCP server for your agents. Your notes stay as plain .md files in a folder you own.

Monet is free and open source under the MIT license, version 0.1.0.
Source code: https://github.com/felipebarcelospro/monet. Every page below also has a Markdown twin (same URL with .md)
and localized versions in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

## Facts

- Free and open source, MIT license. No account, no subscription, no telemetry.
- Local-first: notes are plain .md files in a folder the user owns; Obsidian-compatible.
- Works offline. Search makes no network calls and is lexical (accent-folding, multi-word, fuzzy title fallback). Semantic search is on the roadmap, not shipped.
- Agents use the vault through a CLI and an MCP server (monet --mcp) that drive the same engine as the desktop app.
- Desktop builds are unsigned; the docs state this plainly.
- Backups: monet backup writes local snapshots outside the vault. Git, Time Machine or folder sync also work.
- Platforms: macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows and Linux. Requires Node ≥ 22 for the CLI.

## Pages (English)

- [Home](https://monet.tryfractal.co/): what Monet is — the app for people, the CLI and MCP server for agents.
- [Home (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/index.md): the same page as plain Markdown.
- [Features](https://monet.tryfractal.co/features/): editor, graph, search, CLI/MCP, safety model, interface.
- [Features (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/features.md): Markdown twin.
- [FAQ](https://monet.tryfractal.co/faq/): The short version: Monet is free, local, and open about its limits.
- [FAQ (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/faq.md): Markdown twin.
- [Compare](https://monet.tryfractal.co/compare/): Most setups give the person and the agent different homes for the same thinking. Here is the honest difference.
- [Compare (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/compare.md): Markdown twin.

## Páginas (português do Brasil)

- [Início (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/pt-br/index.md): Monet é um vault de Markdown local-first: um app desktop completo para você, e uma CLI e servidor MCP para os seus agentes. Suas notas ficam em arquivos .md simples, numa pasta sua.
- [Recursos (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/pt-br/features.md): O editor, o grafo, a busca e os backlinks, a CLI, o servidor MCP e o modelo de segurança — o que o Monet faz, sem enfeite.
- [FAQ (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/pt-br/faq.md): Respostas diretas sobre o Monet: preço, plataformas, compatibilidade com Obsidian, acesso por agentes, privacidade e backups.
- [Comparação (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/pt-br/compare.md): Uma comparação tranquila: o que Monet, Obsidian, Notion e cadernos de IA na nuvem entregam para você e para os seus agentes — arquivos, aprisionamento e quem opera o motor.

## Páginas (español)

- [Inicio (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/es/index.md): Monet es un vault de Markdown local-first: una app de escritorio completa para ti, y una CLI y servidor MCP para tus agentes. Tus notas siguen siendo archivos .md en una carpeta tuya.
- [Funciones (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/es/features.md): El editor, el grafo, la búsqueda y los backlinks, la CLI, el servidor MCP y el modelo de seguridad — lo que hace Monet, sin adornos.
- [FAQ (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/es/faq.md): Respuestas directas sobre Monet: precio, plataformas, compatibilidad con Obsidian, acceso para agentes, privacidad y copias de seguridad.
- [Comparación (Markdown)](https://monet.tryfractal.co/es/compare.md): Una comparación tranquila: qué te dan Monet, Obsidian, Notion y los cuadernos de IA en la nube — archivos, dependencia y quién maneja el motor.