Vendor lock-in
Knowledge trapped in proprietary clouds. Export is painful; when a service shuts down, your archive goes with it.
Early access · macOS native
Your knowledge, versioned
Docugit is a native workspace for Markdown notes on macOS and iOS—files live in your Git repo, AI stays under your rules, and teams collaborate asynchronously without another proprietary cloud.
The problem
Note apps keep asking you to compromise
Most tools force a trade-off between convenience, intelligence, and control. Docugit is built on the stack developers already trust.
AI at the cost of privacy
Smart search and summaries often mean shipping private notes to someone else’s servers—with no audit trail.
Chaos in collaboration
Live cursors fight for attention. Change history is shallow—or missing entirely—when you need to know who changed what.
Docugit uses Git for truth, Markdown for longevity, and optional AI you can run locally, BYOK, or asynchronously via your repo—always reviewable in commit history.
Capabilities
Built for depth, not dashboards
01
Real Git sync
Every save can be a commit. Every folder is a repo you already own—GitHub, GitLab, Forgejo, or your own server.
- Full history—a time machine for your thinking
- Write offline; push when you’re back online
- Native macOS and iOS with a calm, focused UI
02
Two modes of AI—your rules
We don’t funnel your notes through our models. You choose how intelligence shows up—and every automated change can live in Git.
- In-app chat over open or selected Markdown (RAG-style context)
- BYOK: your API keys, requests from your device
- On-device models via Apple MLX when you want zero cloud
- GitHub Actions / agents for tagging, backlinks, and summaries on push
Choose your lane
In-app AI
Ask questions across your vault in the chat pane—next to the editor, not in a separate browser tab.
Async AI via Git
Let automation run in the background. Review diffs like any other contribution—accept, revert, or branch.
03
Teamwork without the cursor war
Contributors work on branches and merge when ready—no live cursors, no surprise overwrites.
- Visual merge conflict resolution—no terminal panic
- Blame and history that actually mean something
- One vault, many contributors, zero proprietary sync layer
Merge conflict
notes/rfc-async-review.md
Yours
Ship guest checkout in Sprint 12.
Theirs
Defer guest checkout to Sprint 13.
Keep yours
Combine
Keep theirs
Product tour
See the workspace in motion
Flip between raw Markdown and rendered preview—the same note, two views, one tab bar.
Rules & skills
System rules always on. Invoke /analyze, /summarize, or your own slash commands per message.
Light or dark
Same three-pane layout in a theme that matches your Mac—toggle without losing focus.
Drag & drop
Drop a note into chat to attach context—then ask for a summary, edit, or review in one send.
Trust
Local-first by design
Your disk, your remote
Files sit where you point the app. We don’t host your vault.
Open formats
Plain .md only. Leave anytime; your knowledge stays readable.
No hidden trackers
No telemetry theater. The product is the app—not your data exhaust.
Who it’s for
People who think in diffs
Developers & engineers
Researchers & academics
Privacy-conscious teams
Technical writers
Indie founders documenting the journey
Getting started
Three steps to a living archive
Connect a repo
Sign in with GitHub or GitLab—or paste a remote URL and token. Guided setup, no PhD in Git required.
Write in Markdown
A native editor with preview, wikilinks, and tabs. Feels like macOS should have shipped years ago.
Add AI (optional)
Drop in an API key for chat, run models on-device, or wire a small workflow in your repo for background help.
FAQ
Questions we hear early
Yes. Git powers sync and history under the hood, but the surface is Save, History, and Sync—we handle branches and conflicts with a visual UI.
With BYOK, requests go from your device to the provider you choose—we don’t sit in the middle. Local models can run entirely offline via on-device inference.
Core Git sync and editing are free. There’s no storage subscription—you bring your own Git hosting. Paid tiers, if any, won’t rent you back your own files.
Take back control of what you know
Join early users building a knowledge base that outlives any single app or vendor.