emdash

emdash

📚🧙‍♂️ Wisdom indexer — use AI to organize text snippets so you can actually remember & learn from what you read

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Emdash is an AI-powered tool designed to help users organize text snippets for better retention and learning. It utilizes on-device AI analysis to identify passages with similar ideas from different authors, offers instant semantic search capabilities, allows users to tag, rate, note, and reflect on content, and enables exporting to epub format for e-reader review. Users can also discover forgotten ideas through random exploration, rephrase concepts using metaphors, and import highlights from Kindle or other sources. Emdash is open-source, offline-first, and supports various data formats for import and export.

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Emdash

Emdash uses AI to organize text snippets so you can actually remember & learn from what you read.

Features

Conceptual cousins

On-device AI analysis finds passages with similar ideas from other authors, often from a different angle.

Instant semantic search

Find what youʼre looking for with both full-text search and deeper semantic matching of fuzzy ideas.

Tag, rate, note, reflect

Organize with tags, add ratings, and annotate your thoughts. Export back to epub for review on your e-reader.

Roll the dice, change your lens

Unearth ideas youʼve forgotten about via random discovery. Rephrase dense concepts and re-explain with metaphors.

No lock-in

Bring in your highlights from your Kindle or as json, csv, or manual input. Export instantly to the same open formats.

Open-source & offline first

On-device analysis means your collection stays on your device until you opt into advanced features.

DIY

npm install
npm start

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