A fully local personal context library — save notes, links, images, and documents, search them by meaning, and hand that context to AI through MCP or the CLI.
Resurf is a personal context library: a local-first place to save notes, links, images, and documents, then find them again later and hand that context off to AI.
Why it makes the list
It treats "save for later" and "ask AI about what I saved" as the same workflow — an Inbox for quick capture, Spaces for organizing by project, and an MCP server plus CLI so agents like Claude Code can pull in your saved context directly.
Key features
- Library and Inbox — save now, sort later, with tags and Spaces.
- Search — find items by keyword or by meaning.
- Reader and PDFs — a distraction-free reader, with PDFs opened in-app.
- Notes and Quick Capture — a Markdown note editor plus quick capture and voice memos.
- Highlights and annotations — add thoughts beside the source.
- Opt-in AI — summaries and a Q&A assistant, with bring-your-own-API-key support.
- Privacy — on-device data, works offline, no account required, optional iCloud sync.
Pricing
Free to download and try, with a $39 one-time license for the Mac app. Free on iPhone and iPad. Requires macOS 14.3+ (Apple Silicon and Intel).
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