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Explore Kore For Mac · Free & open source

Free and open source · Apple Silicon

Preview of Kore with sample notes

Interactive demo with sample notes. Changes stay in this tab.

Kore, when you’re
back at your Mac.

Share the link to yourself or copy it for later. No email address needed.

View Mac downloads on GitHub Apple Silicon · Unsigned build. See the first-install guide.

From a daily note
to your next step.

Think Obsidian meets Notion, with local Markdown files and less setup. Notes, tasks, links and search are ready to use. No plugins to install.

Start with today's note. Keep a meeting, a task and the project it belongs to in the same place.

Kore daily note with a project meeting, linked notes and tasks

A daily note, with tasks and links in context.

Kore daily note with a project meeting, linked notes and tasks

A daily note, with tasks and links in context.

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Nothing to import. Nothing to export. Just the files on your Mac.

Bring the tools
you already use.

Connect the Claude Code or Codex CLI you already have. Agents read your notes, skip the private ones, and propose edits you review. Sync with iCloud or Git.

Explore the source
~/Notesclaude · illustrative
  1. Summarize this week's daily notes and add next steps to Kore V2.
  2. Reading daily/2026-09-15.md, 2026-09-16.md, 2026-09-17.md
  3. Reading notes/kore-v2.md
  4. Skipped notes/private-journal.md · private: true
  5. Proposed 1 change to notes/kore-v2.md
  6. Waiting for your review in Kore
  • Markdown
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • iCloud
  • Local files

Same notes.
A different feel.

The same daily note in Graphite and in Flat. Switch any time in Settings.

Kore daily note in the Graphite theme
Graphite
The same daily note in the Flat theme
Flat

Free to use. Yours to keep.

Download Kore for free. AI runs through the provider you connect.

A plain Markdown note open in Kore

Your files.
With or without Kore.

Plain Markdown files. Open them in any editor, today or years from now.

Note actions in Kore with Lock note

Private by design.

Mark a note private. Keep its contents out of AI context.

Review every write.

Agents propose changes. You decide what reaches your files.

Kore chat reply explaining that private notes never leave the device

Open source.

The core is MIT licensed, inspectable, and built in the open.

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Before you
download.

Have another question?

Read the documentation or open an issue on GitHub.Go to GitHub

Open a folder.
Make it yours.

Save the link. Start when you’re at your Mac.

Kore, when you’re
back at your Mac.

Share the link to yourself or copy it for later. No email address needed.

View Mac downloads on GitHub Apple Silicon · Unsigned build. See the first-install guide.

Download Kore for Mac and start with your first note.

  1. 1Download the DMG for Apple Silicon and drag Kore into Applications.
  2. 2The build is unsigned: on first launch, right-click Kore and choose Open.
  3. 3Pick a folder. Your notes are Markdown files from the first line.

AI is optional and runs through the Claude Code or Codex CLI you already have. Notes marked private never enter AI context. Release notes and checksums