Acres

Acres is an infinite-canvas Markdown note-taking application designed for thinkers, researchers, writers, developers, and AI-agent users who want spatial organization without vendor lock-in. Positioned as a local-first, agent-native workspace, Acres stores every card as plain Markdown and every board as readable JSON inside a folder the user owns. The app combines an endless whiteboard with connectors, mindmaps, color-coded sections, freehand ink, images, PDFs, and playable embeds. Its task system automatically gathers every checkbox into a kanban view, with board swimlanes and @due(date) support. A built-in AI dock and MCP integration let Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or local models search the graph, create cards, wire connections, frame sections, and propose edits that land as reviewable diffs. Users stay in control through an activity ledger, a “while you were away” digest, word-level diffs, and reversible changes. Import from Obsidian or Heptabase preserves folders, positions, wikilinks, highlights, and journal entries. Acres targets people who value data ownership, plain text, keyboard-driven workflows, and collaboration with AI agents. It offers a 14-day free trial with no account, followed by a one-time $59 early-adopter purchase that includes future updates. Available for macOS and Windows, with optional Acres Cloud.