Kuku

Kuku is a truly native, local-first Markdown editor designed for macOS, built with Tauri to deliver superior performance and minimal resource consumption compared to Electron applications. It stays light on your machine, so you can write all day without the lag or battery drain typical of heavier editors.

Your notes belong to you. Kuku adheres to an open format, storing everything as plain .md files right on your disk, with support for wikilinks, backlinks, and a graph view to help you connect ideas. There is no cloud lock-in, so your data remains secure and fully portable wherever you go.

Kuku features an advanced AI agent powered by Gemini with tool calling, capable of searching your vault, reading files, and creating documents on your behalf. Every AI modification is presented as a Cursor-style diff for you to review and accept, giving you full control and building trust in what the assistant changes.

To capture thoughts even faster, Kuku includes local, offline speech-to-text powered by Whisper, along with highly efficient full-text search across your entire library. Whether you are drafting, linking, or digging through old notes, everything stays private, fast, and within reach.