manifold.
A quieter space for a curious mind
Your notes, sources and study tools. Finally, in the same place. A thoughtful workspace for Mac, with local AI and knowledge that stays yours.
Made for Apple SiliconmacOS 26.2+
Remembering is an active process. Connect a new idea to what you already know, then practise bringing it back.
An idea becomes easier to remember when it has somewhere to belong. Link it to what you know. Then give yourself a reason to recall it.
“Retrieval practice means recalling information from memory.”
↳ Memory primer.pdf · p. 3↗ [[Retrieval practice]]
Connections
Every idea has a place. Every connection opens another.
LEARNING, IN CONTEXT
Recalling information from memory.
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01 From source to understanding
For students preparing for exams, and people who already think in linked notes. Less moving between tools. More time with the material.
Open your Markdown folder, including an existing Obsidian vault. Read notes, PDFs and EPUBs beside the ideas you are working on.
Ask for cards, quizzes or a summary. Source-fidelity checks keep generated claims tied to their source; unmeasured AI stays in a Trial workspace.
Source-linked · Trial or CalibratedReview spaced-repetition cards with FSRS scheduling, take quizzes and export cards to Anki. Keep learning beside your notes.
FSRS Anki Quizzes02 / Honest about where we are
The AI layer works today. Most tasks start as Trial until you measure a model on your own Mac.
A model becomes Calibrated for a task only after it passes a measurement. Trial results do not write to your notes. Built-in calibration examples for new installs are still on the roadmap. We will not present that work as finished.
Read the current limits03 / One place to work
04 / For the first people in
The proposed founder licence is a one-time purchase, with every 1.x update included. Registration and sales have not opened yet.
The proposed founder offer ends when Early Access ends or 500 founder licences have been issued, whichever comes first. The release announcement will state the final terms.
PLANNED FOUNDER OFFEROne purchase. Room to think.
Proposed prices include VAT where applicable. Final checkout and consumer terms will be available before sales open.
Proposed founder offer. Registration, purchases and downloads are not available yet.
05 / Before you join
Current baseline: version 1.0.2. The planned paid Early Access release must pass additional release checks before it is offered for sale.
macOS 26.2 or later. 8 GB of memory for the app; 16 GB or more recommended for local AI. No Windows or Intel Mac version today.
Summaries, cards and quizzes do not ship with calibration examples yet. They remain Trial until a model is measured on examples of your own.
Speech to text, video matching and inline code completion do not yet have a quality threshold. They cannot be Calibrated; audio transcription stays unavailable.
The web view can grow by about 180 MB per hour of continuous tab switching. Restarting frees it sooner. Only the 16 GB memory class has been measured in depth.
The 1.0.2 baseline is not Apple-notarized. A Developer ID signature and notarization are required before the planned paid release. This page does not offer that build for download.
Your notes can be in any language. Hungarian and English content are recognized automatically; AI without a measurement for the content language is Trial.
06 / Development notes
Version 1.0.2 fixes focus and typing behind dialogs, improves PDF and EPUB search progress, makes quiz notes usable where you open them, improves source-change warnings and strengthens recovery and undo.
Built-in calibration examples for new installs, clearer measured AI onboarding, and the remaining Early Access release checks. These are planned work, not a promised release date.
07 / A few good questions
The proposed founder licence is a one-time purchase, including all 1.x updates. Version 2.0 would be a separate purchase with a 50% founder discount.
The app runs locally and requires no account. Network is used for downloads you start, such as models or media. An optional outside-assistant workflow lets you deliberately copy selected content to another service; that service has its own privacy terms.
Yes. Manifold uses the same folder of Markdown notes as Obsidian, and its flashcards can be exported to Anki. It does not require a migration into a proprietary note format.
The launch plan includes a 14-day full-feature trial and a 30-day refund on purchases. Final sales and refund terms will be published before any payment is accepted.
Registration is not open yet. This page will be updated when the signup form becomes available. There is currently no payment or email collection.
A thoughtful beginning
Manifold Early Access is in preparation. Explore the workspace and the proposed founder offer. Registration will open here when it is ready.
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