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# Verstak
-Verstak is a local-first workspace for files, notes, browser captures,
-activity and work-journal entries. This repository is the desktop application:
-the Go/Wails host and UI shell that loads plugins from a `plugins/` directory
-next to its executable.
+### Keep the context of your work together — locally.
-> **Alpha software.** Use a disposable vault while evaluating it. APIs, storage
-> formats and packaging can change before the first stable release.
+Files, notes, links, browser captures, activity and work history
+in one extensible local-first workspace.
-## Components
+**English** · [Русский](README.ru.md)
-The public alpha is split into small repositories. Keep their `main` branches
-in the same release line when building from source.
+[](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak/releases)
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+[](LICENSE)
-| Component | Repository | What it is for |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| Desktop | [mirivlad/verstak](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak) | This application: vault UI, local host and plugin runtime. |
-| Official plugins | [mirivlad/verstak-official-plugins](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak-official-plugins) | Files, Notes, Browser Inbox, Activity, Journal, Sync, Todo and other first-party plugins. |
-| Browser extension | [mirivlad/verstak-browser-extension](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak-browser-extension) | Manual browser captures and opt-in domain-time activity. |
-| Sync server | [mirivlad/verstak-sync-server](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak-sync-server) | Optional self-hosted synchronization between devices. |
-| Plugin SDK | [mirivlad/verstak-sdk](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak-sdk) | TypeScript API, JSON schemas and contract tests for plugin authors. |
-| Architecture documentation | [mirivlad/verstak-docs](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak-docs) | Product, platform and plugin-system design documents. |
+[Download](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak/releases/latest) ·
+[Documentation](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak-docs) ·
+[Report an issue](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak/issues)
-No server account or browser extension is needed for a local desktop vault.
+
-## Build the desktop and official plugins
+> [!WARNING]
+> Verstak is currently **alpha software**. APIs, storage formats and packaging may change before the first stable release. Use a test vault and keep backups of important data.
-To build from source, install Go 1.24+, Node.js 20+ with npm, Python 3, the [Wails v2 build
-prerequisites](https://wails.io/docs/gettingstarted/installation/), and your
-distribution's WebKitGTK development package.
+## What is Verstak?
-Clone the repositories as siblings. The directory names below are intentional:
-the desktop helper finds the official-plugin checkout at
-`../verstak-official-plugins`.
+Verstak is a local-first workbench that keeps the context around your work in one place.
+
+A **workspace** can represent almost anything:
+
+* a software project;
+* a client or customer;
+* a server or infrastructure site;
+* a device under repair;
+* an article or research topic;
+* a training course;
+* a personal long-term project.
+
+Normally, information about such work is scattered across directories, notes, browser tabs, task managers, password managers, terminal history and memory.
+
+Verstak brings it together in a local **vault** that remains under your control.
+
+No account, cloud service or sync server is required for local use.
+
+## Verstak in use
+
+| Overview: return to a workspace and see its recent work, captures and items that need attention. | Files: manage ordinary folders and documents inside a workspace. |
+| --- | --- |
+|  |  |
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+| Notes: keep Markdown notes next to the workspace they describe. | Journal: record a completed session and retain its context. |
+| --- | --- |
+|  |  |
+
+## Main features
+
+| Feature | Description |
+| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Workspaces** | Organize files, notes and activity around durable projects, clients and other areas of work. |
+| **Files** | Browse and manage ordinary files stored inside your vault. |
+| **Notes** | Create Markdown notes, overview pages and links between related information. |
+| **Overview** | Quickly return to recent work and see what may need attention. |
+| **Browser Inbox** | Send pages, links, selections and files from a browser into Verstak. |
+| **Activity and Journal** | Reconstruct work sessions and turn selected activity into journal entries. |
+| **Todo** | Keep optional task lists inside individual workspaces and across the whole vault. |
+| **Search** | Search across notes, files and supported plugin data. |
+| **Trash** | Restore deleted items or remove them permanently from one central location. |
+| **Secrets** | Keep credentials and access information connected to the relevant workspace. |
+| **Templates** | Create repeatable workspace structures for common types of work. |
+| **Plugins** | Add, replace or disable tools without turning Verstak into one rigid monolithic application. |
+| **Optional sync** | Synchronize vaults between devices using a self-hosted Verstak Sync Server. |
+
+## Download and install
+
+Download the latest build from the
+[GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/mirivlad/verstak/releases/latest).
+
+Release packages already include the matching official plugins.
+
+| System | Download | Installation |
+| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
+| Debian 13 / Ubuntu 24.04 or newer | `verstak_