v0.2026.1

The first public release of Locus, a local-first Markdown notebook. Your notes stay plain files in a folder you choose, readable and editable by any app or Agent you already use.

Reading

• Open any folder as a library: each note is a folder with an index.md, and nested folders form the note tree.
• Browse the tree or search notes and actions, with back and forward history and remembered sidebar state.
• Read Markdown with summaries, custom YAML properties, local images and galleries, following edits made outside Locus.
• Select text across a note and copy it as text, HTML or Markdown, or copy a code block with one click.
• Explore how notes nest and link in a full-window relation graph, optionally with their attachments.
• Show a note's own HTML, JavaScript or JSON canvas, then refresh or export it.

Organizing

• Give a note an Emoji or PNG icon, copy a reference to it, open it in your editor or reveal its folder.
• See which notes have uncommitted Git changes in the tree.

Agents

• Let Agents on this computer find your notes through read-only MCP.
• Open your shell or an Agent CLI in a built-in terminal, and install the bundled note-writing skill from Settings.

Appearance and updates

• Choose a system, light or dark theme that follows the system text size and contrast, in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
• Get new versions from Settings > About, with release notes and download progress, checked daily and optionally installed silently.

Downloads

• Install from macOS disk images for Apple silicon and Intel, Windows installers for x64 and ARM64, or Linux .deb packages and archives for x64 and ARM64.
• Allow the first launch in macOS Privacy & Security or Windows SmartScreen, as builds are not yet signed.