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Local-first & privacy

Where your data lives, why local, offline, and Git sync.

Apr 21, 2026·5 min read

Data portability: leave Kition anytime

Don’t like Kition? Take the vault folder with you. Markdown opens anywhere; `.kitable` exports to CSV / JSON in one step.

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Apr 19, 2026·4 min read

Sync via iCloud / OneDrive / Dropbox

Putting the vault in a sync folder is the simplest cross-device option — exclude `.kition/sessions/` and cache.

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Apr 17, 2026·6 min read

Syncing your vault with Git to a private repo

Markdown is Git-friendly. A `.gitignore`, a private GitHub repo, and a login hook — sync done.

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Apr 15, 2026·7 min read

Privacy practices for lawyers and consultants

Client cases, drafts, billing — what to feed AI, what to keep strictly local, and how to enforce it via hooks.

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Apr 13, 2026·4 min read

A complete guide to working offline

Planes, subways, mountains — most of Kition runs offline. The only thing that needs network is your AI provider.

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Apr 11, 2026·6 min read

Security: local-first vs cloud notes

The biggest cloud-notes attack surface is the vendor. For local-first, it is your machine. The first is out of your hands; the second is not.

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Apr 9, 2026·5 min read

Where does Kition keep your data? File layout, explained

Under `<Vault>/`: `.md` files, `.kition/`, `Tables/` — one diagram covers it.

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Apr 7, 2026·7 min read

Why local-first is the future of knowledge work

AI gives "on your own machine" new meaning — the model can read everything, if you keep everything on disk.

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Ready when you are.

Kition is a local-first AI workspace. Markdown documents, structured tables, and an AI agent — running on your own machine, against the model provider you choose.