A local-first Markdown editor · macOS · in development
What you wrote answers back.
Bring half a word. The notes you already wrote come back—even the ones that share no word with it. Your files stay on your Mac.
Your files are yours.
A folder of plain .md files on your Mac, and the app that reads it is free, for good. No account, no server reading along. Open the folder with any editor tomorrow.
Half a word is enough.
Not the right words? Bring what you have. Basho finds by meaning, on your Mac.
Write. It ties itself.
Name a person, a place or a date in a sentence, and the thread between your files is tied as you type.
- Find
Search your vault by words, by meaning, or by the ties between files—in one box.
- Cue
Leave a line of what you're after. Basho keeps answering it as your notes grow.
- Graph
See how your files tie together. The thread from the note you're in is in vermilion.
- Daily
Write a date, and the day becomes a place in the graph. A journal without a template.
- Terminal
Bring your own model into the terminal. It suggests; you decide.
- Sync
Coming later, as a paid option. The app and your files never depend on it.
A handful of words at the start of a line is all the grammar. Everything else is Markdown.
Not the right words— the notes I wrote last spring answer back
Supporter
Keep it independent.
Basho is built by a small independent team and the app stays free. If you want it to keep going, become a Supporter. Nothing is locked behind it.
$4a month
or $40 a year · USD · tax added at checkout where applicable
- Early access to beta builds
- A Supporter badge in the app
- No features locked. This is support, not a key
Billed through Stripe. Cancel, switch between monthly and yearly, or update your card any time in the Stripe customer portal; a cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid period. Stopping payment never touches your files.
Where it stands · 2026-10
Basho is being developed in Japan, in Japanese first, for an English release. This page is written from the build as it is.