📝 A Notes App That Fits in One Person’s Head (or an LLM’s)#
Files.md is a minimalist application for .md files that works without installation, without build systems, just an index.html. The principle: restrictions foster creativity. 🎯
✨ Key Features#
- 🌐 No installation — works in the browser
- 📂 Local-first — your files, your control
- 🔄 Sync — single binary server or via iCloud/Dropbox/Drive
- 🤖 Telegram bot — access your notes from anywhere
- 💻 Extremely simple code — one person or an LLM can fit the whole project in their head
- 🆓 Free & open-source
📚 PKM Philosophy#
The author describes how they used Files.md to build a knowledge base:
- Created notes in
brainanddevfolders — one idea per note - Connected related notes
- Traveled through notes, thinking deeply
- Cross-domain connections produced an insight
- Wrote the article Cognitive Load in Software Development
“To achieve all that, you’ll have to use your brain, not advanced templates or AI workflows.”
💡 Explanation in a nutshell#
Files.md is a minimalist alternative to Obsidian that requires no installation — just a browser. Unlike Obsidian (which has a complex plugin ecosystem), Files.md bets on extreme simplicity: the entire codebase fits in one person’s head. It works offline, is local-first, and can be synced with simple solutions like Dropbox. Ideal for those who want a frictionless, dependency-free Markdown note-taking tool. Available now at app.files.md.
More information at the link 👇
