I’m an ex-Amazon engineer. I built Seychl because I was tired of waiting 3 seconds for my notes to load in cloud-based apps.
Seychl is a local-first knowledge base designed for speed. UI interactions are always instant (<16ms).
Features for power users:
- Full keyboard control (never touch the mouse)
- Vim mode built-in
- Markdown storage (you own your data)
- Instant search across 10k+ notes
- Persistent Tmux-like sessions, windows and panes
It’s basically "Linear for knowledge management" – focusing on ergonomics and speed over bloated features.
You can download the binary here (currently MacOS only): https://github.com/Seychl/seychl-release/releases/download/0...