ThinkForge keeps your project documents, search, notes, Tools, and automations together. You work with ordinary files on your computer, while the desktop app adds ways to find, connect, and use them.
ThinkForge Desktop is available for Windows and Mac (Apple Silicon).
Work in a project
A project is a folder containing your work. Create one in ThinkForge or add an existing folder. You can open and back up its documents outside the app.
Project Navigator is the main workspace. Its folder tree gives you access to files, recent and pinned documents, tags, shortcuts, and workspaces. The center views help you browse and explore the active project.
Captures and quick notes normally go into the project's _captured folder unless you choose another destination. See Projects and Documents.
Edit and find your work
Markdown and HTML open in the document editor. Code and plain text open in the code editor in the main window. CSV and TSV have a read-only table view. Images, PDFs, and supported videos open in viewers.
Search works with supported text documents. Semantic search looks for related meaning as well as matching words, using a model running on your computer. The general search index does not read the contents of images, PDFs, videos, or CSV files.
See Document editor, Code editor, and View files.
Keep ThinkForge close while using other apps
Power Strip is a floating command bar for quick notes, clipboard capture, project access, and Tools. Its sidecar panels show items such as recent documents or a chosen project folder.
Floating Navigator is a separate project tree that stays available above other applications. Opening a document there uses a separate window; use the main ThinkForge window for code editing and table viewing.
The Think Forge Extension desktop companion connects Chrome to your projects. It can capture supported conversations, pages, and selections. It is optional, and ThinkForge must be running for its desktop-connected features.
Use Tools and automations
A Tool performs a saved sequence of actions, such as summarizing a document or writing a result to your project. Some Tools use AI; others work without an AI model. You choose the input and configure each placement where the Tool is used.
For an AI Tool, Optional guidance can supply supporting reference files such as a style guide. Documents or folders supplies the work to process. See Context and Input.
An automation connects several Tools. It can pass results between them, choose a path using a rule, bring paths together, or run a Tool for each item in a list.
Connect an AI client
ThinkForge MCP lets connected AI clients search your projects and read or safely update documents. It does not currently run user-created Tools. See Using MCP with AI Clients.
Know when a feature uses the network
Your project files and search index stay on your computer. AI requests send the selected context to the provider you configure. Connected services use their own accounts and networks.
Account access, desktop licensing, and the check for a newer version can also use the network. See Editions and Licensing. Local storage does not make every optional feature available offline.