QMD — Query Markup Documents

Local, on-device search engine for personal knowledge bases. Indexes markdown notes, meeting transcripts, documentation, and any text-based files, then provides hybrid search combining keyword matching, semantic understanding, and LLM-powered reranking — all running locally with no cloud dependencies.

Created by Tobi Lütke. MIT licensed.

When to Use

• User asks to search their notes, docs, knowledge base, or meeting transcripts
• User wants to find something across a large collection of markdown/text files
• User wants semantic search ("find notes about X concept") not just keyword grep
• User has already set up qmd collections and wants to query them
• User asks to set up a local knowledge base or document search system
• Keywords: "search my notes", "find in my docs", "knowledge base", "qmd"

Prerequisites