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What is Socratus?

Socratus is a local-first Note-taking application for capturing, organizing, and retrieving notes, research, code, and structured information. The application stores notes as portable plain-text and Markdown files and supports offline work.

Key Capabilities

  • Semantic retrieval: Socratus uses meaning-based retrieval to search across notes and surface related information.
  • Knowledge graph: An interactive knowledge graph displays relationships among notes and concepts.
  • AI chat: Users can ask questions through an AI chat interface grounded in their documents.
  • Writing workspace: The application provides a focused workspace for writing, organizing drafts, and connecting research.
  • In-note code execution: Users can run Python code directly in notes and keep code, outputs, and written analysis together.
  • Structured information: Smart tables support calculations, charts, and data-rich notes.
  • MCP integration: Socratus can provide note content as context for compatible AI assistants and external large-language-model workflows.
  • File protection: Optional QEncrypt integration provides file-level encryption, protected-file indicators, and in-application encrypt and decrypt actions.

Audience & Use Cases

  • Audience: Writers, developers, researchers, students, founders, and other knowledge workers.
  • Use Case: Individuals can maintain a local knowledge base for research, writing, planning, coding, and long-term personal information management.

Categories & Use Cases

Technical Details

Technical Details
Deployment TypesOn-Premise, SaaS
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesUSA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Switzerland, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Canada, luxembourg
Supported LanguagesEnglish

FAQs

How much does Socratus cost?
Socratus starts at $99.99.