Kanecta

Kanecta is an open-source data platform designed from the ground up to be the connective tissue between humans, applications, and AI.

Every piece of information in Kanecta — a paragraph, a decision, a person, an image, a code snippet — is a first-class object with a globally unique ID, an explicit type, rich metadata, and typed relationships to other objects. These objects live as plain JSON files on disk, in a structure any text editor can browse and any AI can reason over directly.

A data platform

Your data belongs to you. Kanecta stores everything locally in an open, human-readable file format (or a database that you control) with no lock-in and no central server. Items are uniquely addressable, linked, tagged, and queryable — structured enough to power applications, transparent enough to audit by hand. Because the format is just files, it will be readable decades from now regardless of what software exists.

An AI bridge

Kanecta is built for the age of AI-augmented work. Every item has a stable UUID an agent can reference across sessions. Types and relationships are explicit so AI doesn't have to infer structure from prose. Decision logs capture not just what was decided but why, with alternatives considered — building institutional memory that compounds in value over time. Pull precisely the context you need into a conversation rather than replaying entire histories.

An application platform

The same data powering your personal knowledge base can power a community website, a governance system, a team planning tool, or a financial dashboard. Kanecta ships with a growing collection of real-world apps built on the protocol — not demos, but production software used by real organisations. Build your own on top of the API, or extend an existing app.

Quick start

# Install Node.js from nodejs.org, then:

npm install -g kanecta
kanecta      # <-- will guide you through setup

Learn more

• Specification — the data model and protocol rules
• Vision — philosophy, architecture, and design decisions
• Roadmap — what's planned and why
• Docs — full documentation

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