AI inside, not bolted on
MCP-native. Any AI on your Mac (Claude, Gemini, Codex) reads and writes your notes, follows your folder structure, respects your blocks.
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macOS · One-time purchase v1.1.6 →
Local-first notes
that talk to AI.
Novi keeps every note on your Mac. No cloud, no subscription. Through MCP, any AI on your Mac — Claude, Claude Code, Gemini, Codex — reads and writes your notes in place.
DAILY · APR 29 (TUE)
Today's log
✦ AI read yesterday's log and drafted today's TODOs
What I did
•Cleared meeting notes — 12 stickies
•Onboarding manual ch.1 wrapped
REC Recording — Q2 Roadmap 18:32
Transcribing with WhisperKit…
A
"Q2 priority should be payment module stabilization."
Speaker A · 02:14
B
"Agreed. Let's run the data migration in the second week of May."
Speaker B · 03:08
✦ ↵
Turn into meeting note
2,847 chars → doc
Rolled over from yesterday
Today · TODO
✓Clear meeting notes
Onboarding manual v1
Quarterly report draft
Illustrative mock. Actual usage differs.
Built for work
Four things, done well.
Privacy
Local-first, always
SwiftData on disk. Works offline. No account, no telemetry, no vendor lockup.
Pricing
Buy once. Use forever.
No seats, no tiers, no monthly bill.
Pay onceno subscription
Workflow
A workday in one app
Daily notes, TODOs that roll over, work logs, manuals with versioning, post-its, calendar — all here.
Daily notes TODO rollover Work logs Manual versioning Sticky notes Calendar 15 block types Voice → text
How it works
Three steps. No accounts.
01
Install Novi
A native SwiftUI app. Notes live in a local SwiftData store on your machine — never on a server.
02
Connect MCP
One click in AI Settings — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Gemini, and Codex connect themselves. No config files, no API keys, no cloud.
03
Talk to your notes
Ask any AI to summarize last week's standups, draft tomorrow's TODO from yesterday's log, or rewrite a doc — directly in Novi.
Live MCP
Watch AI read and write your notes.
A real exchange — chat on the left, your notebook on the right. Hit play to see your AI search, append, and summarize through MCP.
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Novi Idle… WRITING
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Demo illustrates a typical flow. Actual usage differs.
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None
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None
Data storage
Local (your Mac)
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