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Kairnet

DesktopLocal-first project management app: plain Markdown files, SQLite index, graph view, CLI and MCP server.

Kairnet is a local-first project management app I built myself. It manages projects from plain Markdown files stored on your machine: no accounts, no cloud, no subscriptions. It offers List and Kanban views (with Timeline, Graph and Gantt on the way), custom typed fields, Markdown templates, a knowledge graph of tasks and wikilinks, customisable themes and fast full-text search, all backed by SQLite indexing.

  • Local-first
  • Markdown
  • Productivity
  • Desktop app
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Overview

Kairnet is a local-first project management app I built myself. It manages projects from plain Markdown files stored on your machine: no accounts, no cloud, no subscriptions. It offers List and Kanban views (with Timeline, Graph and Gantt on the way), custom typed fields, Markdown templates, a knowledge graph of tasks and wikilinks, customisable themes and fast full-text search, all backed by SQLite indexing.

It is built with Tauri 2, Svelte 5 and Rust, ships six themes and an English, French and Korean interface, and exposes every operation through a CLI and an MCP server so AI assistants can work on your projects. Available for macOS, Windows and Linux.

Features

  • Tauri 2 and Rust backend, Svelte 5 and Tailwind CSS 4 frontend
  • Markdown and YAML files as the source of truth, SQLite FTS5 index
  • CodeMirror editor and Cytoscape graph view
  • CLI and MCP server (60 tools) for automation and AI assistants
  • Auto-updater, plugins and community themes