About Wikai
Wikai reads your sources and writes a linked Markdown wiki on your disk — an agent that does the filing and cross-referencing while you keep the files and the final say.
How to say it
Wikai is said “wee-kai” (/ˈwiː.kaɪ/) — like wiki, with a long “ai” on the end.
Where the name comes from
Wikai is a portmanteau of wiki and AI. The wiki idea comes from Ward Cunningham's 1995 insight that small, hyperlinked pages with low friction beat grand documents. The second half recognises what's now possible: an agent that reads sources, links findings, and keeps the synthesis honest on your behalf — while the files stay yours, on your disk.
Who makes it
Wikai is built by Atomic Bits BV, a small, independent software company based in Belgium and run by its founder, Peter Rigole. Small means the software answers to people who use it, not to a growth target.
Questions, feedback, or press? Email info@wikai.app.
Why local-first
A wiki you'll lean on for years shouldn't live behind someone else's login. Wikai keeps your pages as plain Markdown in a folder you own, so you can read, edit, back up, and move them with ordinary tools — and so the most sensitive thing, your own knowledge, never has to leave your machine.
What that means we won't do:
- — No telemetry, no analytics, no tracking inside the app.
- — No holding your content on our servers (we never receive it).
- — No lock-in: it's Markdown; leave whenever, take everything.
- — No hype. We'd rather name a trade-off than oversell.