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Ariv

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Ariv is a local-first personal knowledge management (PKM) app for macOS, Windows, and Android that stores notes as plain Markdown files on the user's device. It auto-sorts notes through a 3-bucket lifecycle (Inbox, Active, Archive) based on recency, auto-generates tags, and includes built-in dashboard, tasks, kanban, canvas, daily notes, backlinks/graph view, and full-text search. AI features (auto-tagging, semantic search, Ask Brain Q&A) can run via a local model, a user-supplied API key (Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic), or a managed hosted option.

What it's for

Personal knowledge management / second brainNote capture and organization without manual folder structuringTask tracking extracted from notesDaily journaling via auto-generated daily notesSemantic search and Q&A across a personal notes vault

Features 20

3-bucket lifecycle (Inbox, Active, Archive) auto-sorting notes by recency
Ask Brain: semantic search and conversational Q&A across notes
Auto-tagging from note content (heuristic and AI-powered)
Backlinks, wikilinks, and unlinked-mention detection
Canvas for sketching diagrams (Excalidraw-style)
Daily Notes auto-populated with open tasks
Dashboard with tasks, recent notes, inbox captures, calendar context, project boards
E2E-encrypted sync across devices (paid tiers)
Full-text search powered by SQLite FTS5
Graph view
Inline task tracking via Markdown checkboxes, surfaced on dashboard
Kanban boards from tasks or dedicated project boards
Local-first storage, works offline
Markdown editor with live preview (CodeMirror 6)
Present mode
Quick Capture via global hotkey with floating overlay
Split view
Templates
Vault-based: point at any existing folder of Markdown files
Voice memos

At a glance

free tierself-hostable

TypeDesktop app

DeploymentHybrid

PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Android

CompanyAriv Studios

Integrations

ObsidianiA WriterDropboxiCloudOllamallama.cppOpenAIAnthropicGeminiGroqOpenRouter

Resources

Pricing

App itself is free forever with all features; paid tiers (Sync, Sync+AI) only cover infrastructure costs for sync and managed AI. Sync+AI includes a 14-day money-back guarantee.

FreeFree

The complete app, every feature, no gates, Local-first storage on your device, BYOK or local AI - OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, Self-managed sync via iCloud, Dropbox, git, etc., Unlimited devices - it's your machine

No card, no account required; full app free forever

Sync$4/mo

$36 billed yearly (save 25%)

10 GB E2E-encrypted vault sync; sync across up to 3 devices

Sync + AI$9/mo

$96 billed yearly (save 11%); 14-day money-back guarantee

Unlimited devices on managed AI; fair-use AI token limits

Sync plan: $36 billed yearly instead of monthly ($4/mo)