Ekphos

Ekphos is an open-source, terminal-based markdown research tool inspired by Obsidian. Built with Rust for performance, it provides a fast and intuitive way to manage markdown notes directly from your terminal.

Ekphos screenshot

Ekphos is in early development. Always update to the latest version with cargo install ekphos.

Features

Three-panel layout - Sidebar, content view, and outline navigation
Vim keybindings - Full vim-style navigation and editing
Wiki links - Obsidian-style [[note]] linking with autocomplete
Graph view - Visualize note connections with interactive graph (Ctrl+g)
Syntax highlighting - 50+ languages supported in code blocks
Inline images - Preview images in compatible terminals
Fast search - Fuzzy file search and full-text content search (Ctrl+k)
Customizable themes - TOML-based theming system

Quick Install

Install with Cargo:

cargo install ekphos

Alternatively, you can install Ekphos using Homebrew:

brew install ekphos

Requirements

Rust 1.70+ (rustup update to upgrade)
For inline images: iTerm2, Kitty, WezTerm, Ghostty, or Sixel-compatible terminal

Get Started

Getting Started

Installation and first steps

Keybindings

Complete keyboard reference

Graph View

Visualize note connections

Configuration

Customize ekphos