Features

Core capabilities

Capture and structure

• Wiki pages and daily journal entries
• Todos directly inside notes
• Templates for recurring pages and workflows
• Favorites, history and keyboard shortcuts

Link and enrich knowledge

• [[Tags]] and block:: properties
• References across pages and journals
• Refactor page names and update links
• Organize notes into a connected graph

Query and act

• Use-case based query language
• Search across all pages and journals
• Query todos, references, hierarchy and plots
• Turn blocks into kanban-style board cards
• Generate diagrams with different backends

Media and developer workflows

• Code blocks with syntax highlighting
• Embed images, PDFs, audio, video and text files
• Display saved websites and HTML snapshots
• Edit and integrate Mermaid diagrams into your website. Draw class diagrams, flowcharts, and much more.

Sync and deployment

• Local desktop workflow
• Self-hosted Docker deployment
• Git sync between environments
• Use Looksyk on desktop and smartphone

Design and openness

• Theme variables and custom CSS
• Prebuilt themes
• Open source under AGPL
• Built and maintained in Europe

Why these features matter

• Plain files stay portable

  You can inspect, version and synchronize your notes without relying on a proprietary database format.

• Queries create leverage

  Looksyk helps you collect notes once and then reuse them in boards, views and reports.

• One workflow, multiple contexts

  Write locally, sync with Git, and expose the same graph through a self-hosted setup when needed.

Go deeper

Queries

Learn how to filter, aggregate and inspect information across your graph.

Boards

Turn markdown blocks into practical task boards and project views.

Templates

Standardize recurring project pages, reviews and daily workflows.

Design

Customize colors, themes and CSS to match your personal workflow.

Sync

Connect local and remote workflows using Git-based synchronization.

Benchmarks

Inspect performance data for larger knowledge bases and test setups.