The problem we're solving
Most teams store knowledge in three places: Slack threads nobody can find, Google Docs nobody keeps updated, and someone's head. When a new teammate joins — or an AI agent needs context — neither works.
We built Pageden to be the one canonical place where your team's knowledge lives: version-safe, permissioned, always up to date. Human-written. Agent-readable.
Why Markdown, why Obsidian
Markdown is the only format that's simultaneously great for humans to write, easy for developers to version-control, and trivial for AI agents to consume. We built Pageden to be Markdown-native from day one — no proprietary formats, no lock-in.
Obsidian has proven that people love writing in local Markdown vaults. We took that model and made it collaborative: your Obsidian vault syncs directly to Pageden, turning a personal tool into a team's shared source of truth.
Why agents change everything
AI agents like Claude, Codex, and others are only as good as the context they have access to. Today most teams give agents ad-hoc, unpermissioned access to everything — or nothing at all. That's not safe, and it's not useful.
Pageden's built-in MCP server gives agents structured, permissioned access to your knowledge base. You decide what they can read and write. Agents get reliable context. Your team stays in control.
What we believe
Knowledge should have one home
Scattered docs create scattered thinking. One canonical source of truth — version-controlled, permissioned, always current — is worth more than a dozen half-updated wikis.
Open standards over vendor lock-in
Markdown, Git, MCP. We build on open standards so your knowledge is always yours — readable, portable, and not trapped in a proprietary format.
Agents need trustworthy context
AI is only as good as what it knows. We believe giving agents structured, permissioned access to verified knowledge is more valuable than giving them unrestricted access to everything.
Visible source builds trust
If your team's knowledge is in it, you should be able to audit it, self-host it, and own it completely. Pageden keeps its source available so teams can inspect and run it themselves.
Who's building this
Chris Fiel
Building Pageden as a source-available project. Full-stack developer passionate about developer tools, knowledge management, and the intersection of human and AI collaboration.
Pageden is source-available
The core codebase is on GitHub under the Business Source License 1.1. You can read, modify, and self-host it for your own organization, and we welcome contributions from anyone who believes in the mission.
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Free to start. Syncs with Obsidian. Connects to Claude, Codex, and any MCP agent.