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Kuku
Kuku is an AI-native Markdown editor for macOS that combines local-first file storage with built-in AI capabilities.
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Our verdict
Who it's for
AI-native Markdown editor for macOS
Who should look elsewhere
macOS only, no Windows or Linux version
Pros
- +No vendor lock-in, files are plain .md on your disk
- +AI agent can search, read, and create documents in your vault
- +Extremely lightweight (~15MB bundle, ~80MB memory)
- +Offline speech-to-text with no cloud dependency
Cons
- −macOS only, no Windows or Linux version
- −AI features depend on Gemini API key
- −Young project with limited community and plugins
- −No mobile companion app
Key features
- ✓Local-first .md files compatible with git and Obsidian
- ✓Bidirectional WikiLinks with autocomplete and backlinks
- ✓Force-directed graph visualization of connections
- ✓Gemini-powered AI agent with tool calling
- ✓Cursor-style AI editing shown as accept/reject diffs
- ✓Local speech-to-text via Whisper.cpp (offline)
- ✓Full-text search with SQLite FTS5 and BM25 ranking
- ✓Korean tokenization support
Pricing
No public pricing plans recorded.