Software for the Renaissance Mind Interdisciplinary Thinkers
All your tools—transcription, chat, writing—sharing one local, plain-text memory
The Problem
Modern tools fragment your thinking
My thoughts are scattered across a dozen different apps. I journal into an app I don't trust. I plan my week in a calendar app I'll abandon next month. My notes drift aimlessly in systems I've outgrown.
- × Every time I switch apps, I forget what I was working on
- × My transcriptions live in one app, my notes in another
- × Every tool wants to own my data and lock me in
Our Solution
One workspace.
Plain text.
Total control.
A suite of open-source tools that share a single memory: a folder on your machine. Open-source, open-format, and fully yours.
- ✓ Tools that share context so you can make connections
- ✓ Your ideas and data are never locked in
- ✓ Everything in one folder, accessible by any tool
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Our Philosophy
For You
Everything lives as files on your disk. Delete the app, keep your work.
OpenAI, Anthropic, local LLMs. Your choice, your API key.
No middleman. Direct connection to your tools and models.
For Developers
Audit the code. Fork it. Make it yours.
Built with Rust, Svelte 5, and obsessive performance optimization.
CRDTs, local-first architecture, and the bleeding edge of web tech.
What's Here Now
A fast, minimal transcription tool that supports local and cloud models. No model lock-in. Just your voice, made text.
Try it now →Talk to your codebase from anywhere—on your own hardware. It spins up a local OpenCode instance, tunnels it via Cloudflare (or your own), and lets you query it from any device.
Try it now →Where We're Headed
In a world where every app wants to trap you and your data, we're building the opposite.
Epicenter is open-source, local-first, and plain-text native—so you can trust it, tweak it, or take it with you. We're building tools that support intentional, interdisciplinary thinking: software for people who read, write, build, and connect.
A renaissance workflow, built on plain text and real ownership.
We're early. But if you think like a generalist, build like a hacker, and value tools that respect your mind—join our Discord community.
Join Our Community
Connect with developers building open-source, local-first tools. Share ideas, get early access to new releases, and help shape what we build next.