kenforthewin

    kenforthewin/atomic

    Self-hosted, semantically-connected personal knowledge base

    self-hosted
    knowledge-base
    Rust
    MIT
    2.0K stars
    142 forks
    2.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 31, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 84 days ago, with 11 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #28 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 16, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Transforms markdown notes into a semantically-connected, AI-augmented personal knowledge base with linked atoms and interactive visualization.
    • Enables rich semantic search, AI-generated wiki synthesis, and chat-based querying for deeply interconnected knowledge management.
    • Use for building a private, self-hosted knowledge graph that integrates AI summaries and semantic linking of markdown notes.
    • Use for researchers or writers needing AI-assisted synthesis and citation of notes into coherent wiki-style articles.
    • Use for teams or individuals wanting a spatial canvas to explore and navigate their knowledge base visually and semantically.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present

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    From the README

    A personal knowledge base that turns markdown notes into a semantically-connected, AI-augmented knowledge graph.

    Atomic stores knowledge as atoms — markdown notes that are automatically chunked, embedded, tagged, and linked by semantic similarity. Your atoms can be synthesized into wiki articles, explored on a spatial canvas, and queried through an agentic chat interface.

    Daily briefing — AI summary of recent atoms with inline citations that highlight the source on a mini-canvas

    Atoms — markdown notes with tags, sources, and neighborhood graph

    Wiki synthesis — LLM-generated articles with inline citations

    Canvas — view your knowledge on an interactive graph

    Semantic search — find by meaning, not keywords

    Atomic runs as a desktop app (Tauri), a headless server (Docker/Fly.io), or both.

    Excerpt from the kenforthewin/atomic README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 14: +59Aug 15: +22Aug 16: +8

    +360 stars over 84 days across 10 snapshot days; best day +59 on Aug 14.

    Forks

    142+28

    Open issues

    36+7

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