Welcome to Glyph

Glyph is an offline-first desktop notes app built with Tauri, React, and TypeScript. It combines powerful markdown editing, AI chat capabilities, and local-first data storage to create a simple space for your notes and ideas.

What is Glyph?

Glyph is designed for people who want a fast, offline-first notes app that doesn’t compromise on features. Your notes live in a local folder as plain markdown files, giving you full ownership and portability.

Key Features

Markdown-First Editing

Glyph uses a powerful TipTap-based markdown editor that supports:

• Standard markdown syntax
• Wikilinks for connecting notes ([[note-name]])
• Slash commands for quick formatting
• Task lists with checkboxes
• Frontmatter metadata

AI Chat Integration

Chat with AI models directly from your notes sidebar. Glyph supports multiple AI providers:

• OpenAI - GPT-4, GPT-3.5
• Anthropic - Claude models
• Google Gemini - Gemini Pro and Flash
• Ollama - Local models
• OpenRouter - Access to multiple models
• OpenAI-compatible - Custom endpoints

The AI panel includes:

• Multi-turn conversations with context
• Chat history and session management
• Multiple AI profiles for different use cases
• Attach files and folders as context

// From src/components/ai/AIPanel.tsx:111
void chat.sendMessage(
  { text: trimmed },
  {
    body: {
      profile_id: profiles.activeProfileId ?? undefined,
      provider: activeProvider,
      mode: aiAssistantMode,
      context: built.payload || undefined,
      context_manifest: built.manifest ?? undefined,
      audit: true,
    },
  },
);

Daily Notes

Create a note for each day automatically. Glyph generates daily notes with YYYY-MM-DD naming:

// From src/lib/dailyNotes.ts:13
export function getDailyNoteFilename(date?: string): string {
  const d = date ?? getTodayDateString();
  return `${d}.md`; // e.g., "2026-03-03.md"
}

Configure your daily notes folder in Settings → Daily Notes.

Tasks & Databases

Glyph indexes your markdown task lists and provides a unified tasks view:

• Checkbox syntax: - [ ] task and - [x] completed
• Task filtering and search
• View tasks across all notes
• Task completion tracking

Fast Search

Hybrid search powered by SQLite indexing:

• Full-text search across all notes
• Tag search and filtering
• Link graph exploration
• Frontmatter metadata queries

Wikilinks & Backlinks

Connect your notes with wikilinks:

• [[Note Title]] - Link to another note
• Automatic backlink detection
• Link graph for exploring connections
• Works with partial matches

Architecture

Local-First Philosophy

Glyph stores everything locally:

• Notes: Plain markdown files in your chosen folder
• Index: SQLite database in .glyph/index.db
• Settings: Per-space configuration in .glyph/
• No cloud: Your data never leaves your device (unless you choose to sync the folder yourself)

Open Source

Glyph is open source on GitHub. Official release binaries include a 48-hour free trial with optional Gumroad license activation.

Next Steps