# refactoringhq/tolaria

Desktop app to manage markdown knowledge bases

Repository: https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tolaria
Homepage: https://tolaria.md
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-25T16:47:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 200, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 471}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19593, forks 1361 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:28.940930+00:00)

## What it is
Tolaria is an open-source desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux for managing markdown knowledge bases, built with Tauri and TypeScript. Notes are plain Markdown files with YAML frontmatter on disk, with a rich block editor, wikilinks, an integrated Git client, and AI features including local agents and direct model providers for chat over note context.

## Use cases
- manage a personal second brain as markdown files
- organize company docs as context for AI assistants
- store assistant memory and procedures in a knowledge base
- edit notes with wikilinks and a block-based editor
- version and sync notes with git from within the app
- chat with AI models over my note vault
- run CLI coding agents like Claude Code against my notes

## When to choose
- you want plain markdown files on disk with no proprietary format or database
- you need built-in git versioning and sync for your notes
- you want AI chat or agent editing grounded in your own knowledge base
- you prefer local-first tools with no account required

## When to avoid
- you need a mobile or web app - it is desktop only
- you rely on polished Windows or Linux support, which is still early
- you want a hosted, multi-user collaborative wiki
- you need a proprietary-format note app with server-side sync

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: markdown, editor, documentation, file-system, version-control, chatbot, agent-framework
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, large-language-models
- platform: windows
- tags: second-brain, knowledge-base, note-taking, wikilinks, git-integration, local-first, ai-agents, frontmatter, knowledge-management, macos, linux, desktop, tauri

## Member repositories
- refactoringhq/tolaria (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:28.940930+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:59:54.442419+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:28.940930+00:00, sha c0c2369528f8)
  - homepage: https://tolaria.md (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:38.400994+00:00, sha 56eedb46b7de)
  - site_page: https://tolaria.md/start/install (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:38.410365+00:00, sha 3a6cc3d47d96)
  - site_page: https://tolaria.md/reference/docs-maintenance (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:38.412250+00:00, sha 1ac855caa128)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.