Lumen
Lumen is a free, open-source note-taking app based on the Zettelkasten Method.
Think of Lumen as your private knowledge garden. It’s where you plant, grow, and harvest ideas.
🌱 Plant
Write notes with markdown and store them as plain text files in a GitHub repository of your choice. You own your data. Forever.
🌿 Grow
Connect your notes with links and tags. Lumen makes it easy to explore your knowledge graph and discover new connections.
🌻 Harvest
Access your notes from anywhere—even offline. Use Lumen’s flexible query language to find exactly what you’re looking for.
Notes in Lumen are…
- atomic
- interconnected
- written in markdown
- stored as files on GitHub
- version-controlled with Git
- searchable
- available offline
- accessible on any device
- compatible with other apps
Docs
⚠️ Warning: Work in progress. Expect breaking changes. Follow Lumen on Twitter for updates.
Links
| Link | Status |
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| App | |
| Storybook | |
| GitHub | — |
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Recommended reading
- Introduction to the Zettelkasten Method by Sascha
- How To Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens
- Digital Zettelkasten by David Kadavy
- Andy Matuschak’s notes