The AI knowledge system that understands your notes.|
Your notes shouldn’t behave like disconnected files.|
Built for storage, not thought
Endless manual retrieval
Knowledge stays disconnected
One intelligent system for writing, discovery, and connected thinking.|
Connected discovery
Your notes automatically connect through shared ideas, meaning, and context, continuously surfacing relevant information while you work.
- AI-powered related notes
- Relevance scoring & shared concepts
- Contextual relationship mapping
- Rediscover forgotten insights
Intelligent search
Search your knowledge naturally using both precision keyword retrieval and AI-powered semantic understanding.
Exact mode retrieves specific documents instantly, while semantic search uncovers ideas based on meaning instead of wording, helping you find concepts, not just filenames.
- Exact + semantic search modes
- Meaning-based discovery
- Workspace-wide contextual retrieval
- Fast knowledge exploration
Conversational AI chat
Ask questions in plain language and receive answers grounded directly in your own notes with complete source transparency.
The built-in AI Chat transforms your workspace into an interactive knowledge assistant with support for persistent conversations, external AI connectivity, and contextual retrieval.
- Context-aware AI responses
- Transparent source references
- Persistent conversation history
- Docked or pop-out workspace
- Think mode for reasoning visibility
- External LLM connectivity via OpenAI-style APIs
Connected knowledge graph
Visualize your workspace as a living network of ideas instead of isolated files and folders.
The graph view helps you explore relationships, identify clusters of related thinking, and navigate knowledge visually with enhanced controls for larger knowledge bases.
- Interactive graph visualization
- Discover clusters of ideas
- Configurable graph relationships & visuals
- Graph minimap navigation
- Export graph views as images
Local-first intelligence
Powerful AI capabilities without sacrificing ownership, privacy, or control.
Everything runs locally on your machine with plain-text storage, optional encryption, configurable external file handling, and no forced cloud dependency.
- Local-first architecture
- Plain-text storage
- Optional encryption support
- Smart external file change handling
- No lock-in or proprietary formats
AI designed for knowledge work, not distractions.|
Local-first architecture
Plain-text ownership
Transparency
Connected thinking
Deep work
Open connectivity
Frequently asked questions.|
Yes. Socratus is designed around local-first AI workflows and local knowledge retrieval.
No. Your notes remain on your machine unless you choose to sync them yourself.
Exact search retrieves documents using keyword matching. Semantic search retrieves information based on meaning and contextual similarity.
Yes. Socratus works with standard plain text and Markdown files.
No. Socratus is designed for anyone working with ideas, research, writing, planning, or structured knowledge.
