Solo thinking
Your private drafts and notes. Never leave your device unless you say so.
MIND SYSTEMYour knowledge,
Your knowledge,
as a synced filesystem.
Files you own. Zones you control. Versioned for teams. Synced everywhere — without the database lock-in.
v1.4 · macOS · Windows · Linux
synap.app/acme-studio
MEMORY
architecture.md
product-roadmap.md
team-rituals.md
vendor-contracts.md
01 — ARCHITECTURE
System overview
Service boundaries, data ownership and the contracts each module exposes to the rest of the system.
3ZONESpersonal · team · workspace
1FILESYSTEMfiles you can read in any editor
0VENDOR LOCK-INopen Markdown, always
100%OFFLINE-CAPABLEedit anywhere, sync later
01 · ZONESThree places.
Three places.
One mind.
Personal drafts, team knowledge, working drafts — clearly separated.
Shared knowledge
Architecture docs, decisions, playbooks. Versioned, searchable, governed.
Open drafts
Your in-flight changes to team memory. Land via change requests.
02 · SYNCSync that respects
Sync that respects
your offline life.
Open your mind on a flight. Edit in coffee shops with no wifi. Land at home and watch every change merge cleanly across all your devices.
macbook · pablo
iphone
studio · acme
VS THE DATABASE WAY
Files. Not rows.
Why a synced filesystem beats a proprietary database for thinking work.
TODAY · NOTION-LIKE
Locked in a database
Schema you can't change without migration
Closed format — pay forever to keep access
Search engine ignores your edit history
AI gets shown a database row, not the doc
WITH SYNAP · FILES
Files Claude can actually read
Plain Markdown. Open in any editor.
Versioned with git-style change history
Local search across every word, every revision
AI sees the actual file the way you wrote it
03 · CHANGE REQUESTSTeam memory
Team memory
has approvals.
PR-style review for knowledge changes. Server-authoritative merge.
PR-style review
for your knowledge.
Bundle your edits to team memory. Reviewers see a markdown diff. Server merges authoritatively. No git CLI required.
Approve or request changes.
Markdown comments. Diff lines. Just like code review.
Server-authoritative.
Once approved, the merge is canonical. No client-side races.
MIND SURFACEOne area.
One area.
Five places to think.
Notes, canonical memory, the relationship graph, change requests, and the trash — under one Mind.
Daily writing
Free-form thinking in plain Markdown — your living scratchpad.
Canonical knowledge
The team's source of truth. Reviewed before it lands.
How it connects
Relationships across notes, decisions, and findings — at a glance.
Pending edits
Track open change requests and their review status from here.
Recoverable history
Nothing is gone until you say so. Restore from any device.
A mind worth
living in.
Free. macOS, Windows, Linux. Bring your own Claude or just keep your knowledge.
Free · No credit card · No telemetry