Bio-inspired PKM · Now in beta

Your brain's
operating system

A living knowledge graph that learns from how you think. Connect Obsidian, Claude, and your own notes into one neural network that remembers — and forgets — like you do.

CYTON|OBSIDIAN VAULT
342 neurons · 891 synapses
Memory
History
Issues
Memory Layers
Sensory38
Working61
Episodic44
Semantic27
Procedural15
Vault Stats
Neurons342
Synapses891
Reviews due7
Inbox12
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● concept extracted: "distributed cognition" · synapse strengthened: startup-strategy → knowledge-graph · REM suggestion queued
Connect
REM
Prune
Connections
Obsidian
vault connected
Claude Code · S1
active · 24 msgs
MCP Server
127.0.0.1:8765
17 tools · HTTP
Neuroscience-backed

Memory isn't flat.
Your PKM shouldn't be either.

Cyton models the same five memory systems neuroscientists have identified in the brain. Every note you take is classified, decays realistically, and consolidates over time.

Sensory

Raw input, short-lived. Captured automatically from Obsidian edits.

Working

Active context window. What your brain is focused on right now.

Episodic

Events and experiences. Specific moments that carry temporal context.

Semantic

Abstract knowledge. Concepts distilled from many episodes.

Procedural

Habits and patterns. Learned sequences extracted from your behavior.

Cyton — Graph View
342 nodes
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Knowledge graph

Your notes.
Connected automatically.

Every conversation you have with Claude Code shapes your graph. When topics come up together in a session, Cyton strengthens the edge between them. Topics you stop discussing gradually decay. No manual linking. No tagging required — your thinking does the work.

Conversation frequency between topics determines edge weight
Hub nodes surface your most-discussed, most-connected ideas
Edges decay when topics fall out of your conversations
Spaced repetition queue resurfaces what your graph flags as fading
Graph enrichment

Your notes,
enriched automatically.

On the Free plan, Cyton's cloud Haiku API analyses your vault in the background and enriches your graph — extracting concepts, linking ideas, and surfacing connections you'd miss. No setup.

On Pro, connect your own LLM via Claude Code MCP. Your model — Sonnet, GPT-4, Gemini, whatever you run — does the same enrichment entirely locally. Your data never touches our servers.

Free — Cyton-hosted Haiku API, automatic
Pro — your own LLM via MCP, fully local
terminal — claude code
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Obsidian sync

Your vault.
Cyton watches it.

Point Cyton at your Obsidian vault and walk away. Every save is processed instantly — concepts extracted, nodes created, synapses updated. No plugins, no manual steps, no disruption to your existing workflow.

Works with any vault size
Watches for changes in real-time
Non-destructive — never edits your files
Activity feed
node created: "distributed cognition" → sensory
synapse strengthened: startup-strategy ↔ cognitive-load (0.71)
semantic tier: "knowledge management" consolidated from 8 episodes
review queued: "spaced repetition" — 14 days stale
REM suggestion: PKM-workflow ↔ habit-formation (94%)
microglia: deferred "old-todo" — retrievability 0.02
Pricing

Simple, honest pricing.

Free forever for individuals. Pro unlocks the full neural stack.

Free
$0
Forever

Download the app to get started. No account needed until you're ready to upgrade.

Download for macOS
500 neurons
Full knowledge graph
Obsidian vault sync
5 memory tiers
Spaced repetition queue
Auto enrichment — Haiku API
Cyton's cloud enriches your notes automatically
1 Claude Code session / day
Pro
Most popular
$12/mo
Billed monthly

Connect your own LLM via MCP. All enrichment runs locally — your data never leaves your machine.

Start 14-day trial
Everything in Free
Unlimited neurons
MCP enrichment — your own LLM
Sonnet, GPT-4, Gemini — runs entirely on your machine
REM pattern completion
Unlimited Claude Code sessions
Nightly graph consolidation
Multi-vault support
Graph data export
Priority support
Your data stays yours
Cyton runs entirely on-device. Your notes never leave your machine. No telemetry, no training, no cloud sync unless you enable it.
Local first
No telemetry
Open graph format