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Korely

Engineering decisions. Product trade-offs. Honest updates from the founder.

Frequently asked questions

What is Korely? +

A local-first knowledge base for your meetings, notes, and ideas. It lives on your machine and connects to your AI tools, Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Can I import my Obsidian vault? +

Yes. Korely reads your Obsidian markdown vault as-is, folders, frontmatter, wikilinks, attachments. Notion and Apple Notes import are coming next.

How is this different from Notion or Mem.ai? +

Your notes live as plain markdown files on your disk. Nothing leaves your machine until you explicitly enable a cloud feature. And your AI tools reach the vault directly via MCP, not through a proprietary chat box you don't control.

Is it open source? +

Not yet. The desktop app and MCP server may go open source down the line. Building in public means showing the work; the source comes when it's stable enough not to mislead anyone.

How much does it cost? +

Free forever for the local vault, unlimited notes, hybrid search, MCP, Obsidian import. €19.90/month for Pro: live meeting transcription, audio/video to note, AI chat with GraphRAG over your vault, cloud sync, MCP cloud multi-tenant.

Ready to try it yourself?

Free forever. Your data stays on your machine until you say so.