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deta/surf

Tools for organizing files and webpages locally to generate notes using personal AI notebooks.

GitHub Website

GraphCanon updated Aug 12, 2026 · GitHub synced Aug 12, 2026

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3.5k stars251 forksLast push Aug 10, 2026 TypeScript Apache-2.0

Decision brief

surf is an open-source tool for managing personal notes by integrating local or remote AI models to process files and webpages.

Good fit when

Need a robust integration with both local and remote language models for comprehensive note creation
Wish to work in a fully localized environment without cloud storage dependencies

Avoid when

Prefer using proprietary, closed-source tools that do not allow open model choices
Require extensive cloud-based collaboration features among multiple users

Observed Jul 17, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Adoption

Package downloads where a registry match exists. GitHub stars (3,522) are secondary evidence.

npm downloads (30d): 389·npm downloads API·Aug 12, 2026

Maintenance and security

Full trust report

Maintenance: Very active (2d since push); As of Aug 12, 2026
Provenance: Not a fork · Organization account; As of Aug 12, 2026
Security (OSV): No lockfile; As of Jul 15, 2026

Public GitHub metadata and optional OSV scans. Signals, not a guarantee. Trust methodology.

Install

npm install surf

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Evidence and technical details

Sourced facts, taxonomy, compatibility claims, README excerpt, and machine-readable endpoints.

Overview

A personal knowledge management solution that supports integration with local or remote large language models, allowing users to create and organize notes from various sources such as files and webpages in a local environment.

Capability facts

MCP server: No MCP server detected
Source: repo_scan · Aug 12, 2026
Languages: typescript, javascript
Source: github.language+package.json · Aug 12, 2026

README

Installation Checkout the installation guide for detailed instructions. For building from source and local development, see CONTRIBUTING.md. License The source code for this project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license, with the following exceptions: 1. Our patch for the @gho...

For agents

This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.

/tools/deta-surf.md GET /api/graphcanon/tools/deta-surf GET /api/graphcanon/graph?tool=deta-surf