Yes. The core app is free during beta — no account, no credit card, no trial clock. A Pro tier may later add optional extras like sync and collaboration, but the core you use today stays free.

No. There's no sign-up and no login. Download Nodio, open it, and start — everything runs locally on your machine.

Everything lives locally, in a single SQLite .db file on your own disk. Nothing is uploaded by default, and Nodio runs fully offline. Optional features — a cloud AI provider or cloud voices — only send data if you switch them on. → more: Privacy Policy

Fully. The app, your projects, local AI (via Ollama), offline dictation (Whisper) and offline read-aloud (Piper) all work with no connection. Only the optional cloud features need internet.

Yes. Each project is one portable .db file — copy it, move it, or back it up like any other file. Nodio also keeps automatic backups, and you can export to ZIP or Markdown any time.

Windows (10/11) is available today. A Linux build (AppImage) arrives with the 0.7.0 release, and macOS is on the way. → more: Download

Yes. You can import an existing Obsidian vault, and Live-Write continuously mirrors your notes back to Markdown — so they stay usable in Obsidian, VS Code or Cursor alongside Nodio.