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Local-first desktop app

Your AI knowledge assistant, built for the desktop.

Search, chat with, and actually learn from your own documents — fully offline, on the machine you already own. Free and open-source, no account needed.

Free & open-source · ~143 MB · Windows 10/11 — also on macOS & Linux
100% offlineNo trackingMIT licensed
Knovex — knowledge

Knowledge

Q4 Analysis
Research
Contracts
Notes
What improved retention in Q4?
Retention rose 6.2 pts, driven mainly by the new onboarding flow and faster support response times.
Q4-report.pdf · p.12 support.xlsx
Why people trust it Open source 100% offline No tracking MIT licensed Windows · macOS · Linux
1 msavg query latency
8learn formats
6+LLM providers
100%offline
0trackers
What you get

Everything, on your machine

Eight capabilities — no cloud lock-in, nothing leaving your laptop.

Smart search

Find the idea behind your words, not just exact keyword matches.

Document chat

Ask your PDFs, DOCX and notes — every answer cites the page it came from.

Knowledge bases

Drag in your files and they become a fast, searchable library you own.

Learn Mode

Turn what you read into quizzes, flashcards, mind-maps, timelines and stories.

Your choice of AI

Run the AI free on your own machine, or connect OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq or Gemini.

Encrypted on disk

Your keys and documents are sealed with strong encryption — only you can open them.

Web search, on your terms

Pull the web in via DuckDuckGo, Serper or Brave — only when you ask.

Document reader

Read inside the app and ask questions in the margin, without losing your place.

The AI brain

Your choice of AI — and it's free

Knovex never charges you, and never locks you to one provider.

Today

Run it free, or bring your own

Run the AI 100% free on your own machine, or plug in a provider you already use (OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, Gemini). Either way, your documents never leave your laptop.

Coming soon

Zero setup — built-in AI

An upcoming release bundles Keepvidya's own on-device models — Shiva-Chat 1.5B & 7B — so Knovex just works out of the box. No accounts, no keys, nothing to install.

100% offline

Your data stays local

No account. No telemetry. Knovex works with Wi-Fi switched off. The only thing that ever leaves your machine is an LLM call — and only to the provider you chose.

Your knowledge bases and API keys are encrypted at rest. Delete the app and your data is just files you still own.

What matters
Cloud AI
Knovex
Your files
CloudUploaded to their servers
Local-firstStay on your machine
Works offline
CloudNeeds a connection
Local-firstWi-Fi off, still works
Encrypted at rest
CloudOn their disks
Local-firstOn yours
Tracking
CloudUsually on
Local-firstNone
Setup

Running in four steps

From download to your first answer in a couple of minutes.

1

Download & install

Grab the build for your OS and run the installer.

2

Pick your AI

Run it free on your machine, or paste a provider key. Built-in AI coming soon.

3

Build a knowledge base

Drag-drop your files — they're indexed on-device.

4

Chat & learn

Ask with sources, or generate learning materials.

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Get Knovex

v0.15.0 · stable v0.15.0 · released Jun 2026 Changelog →All releases → · 0 downloads to date
Windows
Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit
Knovex-Setup-0.15.0.exe · ~143 MB
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macOS
macOS 12 or later
Knovex-0.15.0.dmg · ~181 MB
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Linux
AppImage · portable · x86_64
Knovex-0.15.0.AppImage · ~214 MB
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Seeing a Windows "unrecognized app" screen? That's normal. Brand-new open-source apps haven't built a Windows reputation yet, so Windows is cautious the first time. Click More info → Run anyway to install. (Signed, notarized builds are on the way.)

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Free, open-source, and yours. Your knowledge, your machine.