- ◦ Your ideas stay on your device.
- ◦ Bring your own OpenAI / Anthropic key, your Claude Code or Codex subscription, or run local models via Ollama.
- ◦ Open source under MIT.
Your ideas,grown into something you can use.
Your reading, your conversations, your half-formed ideas — gathered in one place, connected, and turned into work that is unmistakably yours.
Pro Cloud — frontier AI and cross-device sync, built in. Try free for 7 days →·Free desktop · macOS & Windows · use your own AI key·Open source · MIT
Two ways to use Kompas
Use Kompas free
or skip the setup with Pro.
- ◦ Cross-device sync between your desktops.
- ◦ Frontier AI built in — no setup, no API keys.
- ◦ Included AI usage with clear limits and optional top-ups.
Why Kompas
We read more than ever, talk to AI all day, produce words by the thousand. And almost none of it stays with us.
The feed scrolls past. The model answers, we nod, we close the tab. Nothing compounds — so we think the same thought again next week, from scratch.
Kompas is a correction. Every session lands somewhere you can find again, connected to what you wrote before. Never sold, never used to train models. Just yours.
Originality is not invention. It is recollection with intent.
The tool
Your sessions become a graph.
Your graph becomes your writing.
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How it works
From a fragment to your own ideas.
01
Capture
Documents, highlights, voice notes, web pages. Marked as yours before anything else touches them.
02
Session
Start with a topic and think it through with Kompas. It pulls in your past notes, decisions, and reading to ask better questions back.
03
Connect
Each session leaves traces — decisions, memories, retrieved passages — connected to what you wrote before. Today's thought brushes against yesterday's.
04
Write
Move a session into a draft. Your past work appears when it helps. Your writing starts entirely from your own thoughts.
Originality
Your thoughts,
flowing into your writing.
Kompas doesn't write for you. It writes with you — by remembering what you already wrote so you can use it well in the moment you need it.
100%Your data, yours. Free desktop keeps everything local; Pro adds private hosted sync between your devices. JSON export on either tier.
0Training on your content. Ever.
OpenSource code is open under the MIT license.
Patience, when it is not a virtue.
I keep catching myself calling slowness a principle when it is really a fear. What I admire in patience is not what I am practicing.
Who Kompas is for
For people who want their ideas to grow, not just be saved.
Essayists
For drafts that carry your argument, not the model's.
Researchers
For continuous thinking that grows your ideas and reveals connections between concepts.
Founders
For decisions you've made before, and the reasons you made them.
Obsidian & Logseq users
Go beyond collecting material — build on it to extend your own thinking.
Pricing
Honest, straightforward pricing.
FreeUse your own AI
$0Forever · Free desktop- ◦ Unlimited local sessions, library, writing, and graph
- ◦ Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key
- ◦ Use your Claude Code or Codex subscription
- ◦ Run local models via Ollama
- ◦ Realtime voice and audio transcription require an OpenAI key
- ◦ Available on macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel) and Windows
- ◦ Single-device — sync between desktops is part of Pro
- ◦ Export everything to JSON anytime
- ◦ Open source under MIT
Pro
$38Per month · or $33/mo billed annually · charged in USD; your bank may convert and apply FX fees- ◦ Everything in Free, plus:
- ◦ Cross-device sync between your Pro desktops
- ◦ Frontier AI built in — no API key required
- ◦ Included AI usage with visible limits and optional top-ups
- ◦ 7-day free trial · no credit card required
- ◦ Account and billing in your browser; Kompas itself stays a desktop app
- ◦ Priority email support
Questions
Before you download.
01Does Kompas train on my sessions?+
Never. On Free desktop, your sessions, notes, and graph stay on your device; the only network calls are to the LLM providers you choose, under their own data policies. On Pro, your graph is hosted privately by Kompas to enable cross-device sync — we still do not train on your content.
02How is this different from ChatGPT or Claude?+
Those are tools you talk to. Kompas is a place where your conversations, documents, and half-finished arguments live together — and surface themselves when today's thought brushes against something from last month.
03Which LLM does Kompas use?+
On Free, bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key, your Claude Code or Codex subscription, or run local models via Ollama. Realtime voice and audio transcription require an OpenAI key. On Pro, frontier AI is built in via Kompas Cloud — no personal key needed. Any personal API keys you saved go inactive while Pro is active and reactivate automatically if you cancel.
04Is Kompas open source?+
Yes. The desktop app is open source under the MIT license. Cloud-only code — billing, hosted models, and abuse detection — lives in a separate private repository.
05What happens if I cancel Pro?+
Pro features keep working until the end of the current paid period, then the desktop falls back to Free mode: any personal API keys you had saved are reactivated, sync stops, and your local data stays intact. Your hosted graph is kept for a 30-day grace period — re-subscribe within that window and sync resumes from where it left off; export to JSON at any time before purge.
06Does Kompas have a web app?+
No — Kompas is always a desktop app. Pro adds cross-device sync and frontier AI to the desktop binary, served by Kompas Cloud. The browser is only used for sign-up, account, and billing pages.
07Do I need an internet connection?+
On Free, browsing and editing your local data works offline; the network is used only when you call an LLM or use voice transcription, and Ollama lets even AI features run offline. On Pro, the built-in AI and cross-device sync need a connection — you can still read and edit locally while offline, and sync resumes when you reconnect.
08What does "included AI usage" on Pro actually mean?+
Pro includes a monthly pool for long-context sessions, transcription, and knowledge extraction — covering typical use without separate API charges. As you approach the limit, Kompas shows usage clearly before any optional top-up. We never add surprise charges or switch you to a cheaper model without notice.
09Does Kompas Pro send my data to OpenAI or Anthropic?+
Yes. Pro routes AI requests through model providers, and your graph is stored in Kompas Cloud. Kompas does not train on your content. The detailed Pro data-handling policy is published in the privacy page.
10Can I self-host Kompas Pro cloud?+
No. The hosted Pro cloud service is operated by Kompas and is not available for self-hosting. The desktop build is the self-managed option — same retrieval, sessions, writer, and graph, running entirely on your machine.