ForgeMD is local-first: your content lives on your device and syncs when you want. Every core feature works without an internet connection.

Working offline

• Create, edit, and delete documents — everything works.
• AI assistance is disabled offline (by design); everything else keeps working.
• Mindmaps, tables, and diagrams stay fully functional.
• The desktop app stores files in local encrypted storage; the web app uses IndexedDB.

What happens when you reconnect

Yjs CRDT reconciles every change and merges edits without conflicts. Two editors who edited the same paragraph offline both keep their work — the CRDT merges their structural operations automatically.

Data security

• Traffic is encrypted in transit (TLS).
• Authentication is handled by AWS Cognito.
• Local storage is encrypted on-device.
• Document content syncs over an authenticated channel — not a public API.