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Hatchdoor

Active·★ 61·AGPL-3.0·Updated 2026-10-19

Hatchdoor is an agent-native, self-hosted web app for managing Obsidian-style Markdown vaults, offering a fast web UI for browsing, searching, and editing notes. It provides AI agents with first-class access to the vault via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for reading, searching, creating, and editing notes safely. Your Markdown files remain the source of truth, with Hatchdoor building a disposable SQLite read model for performance and features like keyword and semantic search.

#Markdown Vault#Self-hosted#AI Agent Integration#Semantic Search#Knowledge Base
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$ Install
$ cp .env.example .env && docker compose up -d
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01

Features

01Web UI for browsing, searching (keyword and semantic), and editing Markdown notes.
02First-class AI agent access to the vault via Model Context Protocol (MCP) with read, search, create, and edit capabilities.
03Automatic git commits and pushes for vault changes, ensuring data safety and version control.
04Support for Obsidian-style wikilinks, GitHub-flavored Markdown, Mermaid diagrams, and frontmatter.
05Distroless, rootless container image for secure and efficient deployment with Docker or Podman.
02

Compatibility

Docker
Containerization
Verified via docs
Podman
Containerization
Verified via docs
Markdown
Data Format
Verified via docs
AI Agents (MCP)
Protocol
Verified via docs
Git
Version Control
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

1
$ cp .env.example .env
2
$ docker compose up -d
04

Use cases

↳Individuals or teams with a folder of Markdown notes needing a private web interface.
↳Developers seeking to integrate AI agents with their personal knowledge base for automated tasks or content generation.
↳Users requiring semantic search and knowledge graph capabilities for their Markdown vault.
↳Anyone wanting a self-hosted, git-backed solution for managing and accessing their Markdown notes.
05

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VSsalt.md★166→VSmxLore★30→VSmarkdown-vault-mcp★35→VS

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Self-hosted, agent-native web app and MCP server for your Obsidian-style Markdown vault. Browse, search, and edit notes from a fast UI or from AI agents.

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