Mindestro, documented

Mindestro is a local-first notes app with a living mind map. Your notes live in a database inside your own browser; the AI runs on your device, or on a key you bring. These pages are the reference.

Topics

• Models & providers — every AI option: the built-in local models, and the four bring-your-own-key providers with their models, prices and capabilities.
• Where notes live — the storage modes, what "protected" means, why a browser may evict data, and how to make loss impossible.
• Import & export — the vault format, bringing notes in from Apple Notes and other apps, and what survives the trip (everything, including dates).

The promises these pages assume

• Complete without an account. Nothing local moves behind a login.
• AI proposes; your click applies. Nothing edits a note by itself.
• No silent fallback — a degraded mode is a visible, named state.
• Complete with AI off.
• Export always yields a readable vault of plain markdown.