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OpenKnowledge is an IDE for co-creating markdown-based knowledge bases and documents with the agents you already use.

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Available as a [macOS app](https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge/releases/latest/download/OpenKnowledge-arm64.dmg) or a local web app and CLI (for Linux, Windows, and Intel Mac).

## Three layers

OpenKnowledge is three layers working together: a "WYSIWYG" editor for you, MCP and skills for agents, and markdown files underneath.

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## Additional Features
- "Ask AI" experience for opening your knowledge base in your favorite agent
- No-code **team sharing** and **Auto-sync** powered by git/GitHub under the hood.
- A **built-in TUI** in the desktop app for Claude and Codex
- Graph and wiki link visualizations 
- **Embeddable HTML** for writing engineering specs and visualized reports.

## Where to start

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