Polywise

Polywise is an open source agentic content system that bridges content capture and context-aware AI workflows. Unlike stateless chat tools, it lets you capture notes, links, projects, and files into a single local system, then run AI agents with reusable context built from that content. Designed for power users, developers, and teams who want to own their AI tools without cloud lock-in. Core features include a hybrid retrieval pipeline combining full-text, vector, and graph search. Entity relationships build automatically as content is ingested, enabling agents to retrieve scoped knowledge without manual wiring. The FST (Full Self Thinking) architecture adds a dynamic sliding window and background sub-agents for unbounded conversations. A memory callback reinforces key nodes, and a post-thinking loop distills new information into knowledge over time. Polywise is model-flexible: bring any provider or run local models. It runs as CLI, web app, or desktop app, and is self-hosted on any platform. Content organizes into workspaces, supports group chat, and agents have private prompts, tools, and knowledge graphs. Developers get a full API and plugin architecture. What distinguishes Polywise is its focus on continuous context building. Instead of isolated sessions, it grows a persistent knowledge graph inspired by Hebbian learning (Rewire), which prunes and strengthens connections. The philosophy: recording is not just storage but becoming part of the model's thinking context. It's a powerful alternative for those tired of cloud-dependent, stateless AI tools.