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Keel turns AI memory into markdown files
Keel is a local-first desktop assistant for macOS and Windows that captures useful context from conversations into plain markdown files on your own disk. It supports Claude, GPT, OpenRouter, and Ollama, so the model is swappable while your notes, tasks, and memory stay portable, editable, and backed by files you control. The product is open source under MIT and positions itself as a privacy-preserving alternative to cloud-tied AI assistants.
// ANALYSIS
Hot take: this is one of the more credible “AI memory” pitches because it treats memory as files, not a proprietary black box.
- –Plain markdown storage is the right default if the promise is user-owned context.
- –Bring-your-own-model support reduces lock-in and makes the product useful across different cost and privacy preferences.
- –The local-first posture is strong, but the real test will be how well capture, retrieval, and summarization work in daily use.
- –It feels especially relevant for people who want an AI chief-of-staff without handing over their work history to a SaaS database.
// TAGS
artificial-intelligenceproductivityopen-sourcelocal-firstnote-takingvirtual-assistants
DISCOVERED
2h ago
2026-05-10
PUBLISHED
7h ago
2026-05-10
RELEVANCE
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