Changelog
New features, improvements, and fixes — newest first.
Improved
- File decomposer components are now bundled with the installer
Fixed
- PDFs stalling during decomposition
- Cut down File decomposition cold start
Trunkbase now tucks into the system tray, uses noticeably less memory and CPU, and returns sharper results to your AI clients.
New
- Minimize to system tray. Closing the window now keeps Trunkbase running in the background, so the local MCP server and folder watchers stay live.
Improved
- Lower resource usage. Significantly reduced memory and CPU consumption.
- Sharper AI search. The MCP server now supports reranking and metadata filters, so AI clients get more relevant results.
Fixed
- Fixed a blue plate appearing behind the taskbar icon.
- Fixed Claude Desktop local MCP connections.
The biggest update since the first beta — a fully Japanese interface, AI connections that can write (not just read), Tunnels for indexing external folders, and vault management. Still entirely local and private, for Windows 10/11 (64-bit).
New
- 日本語 (Japanese) interface — the whole app is now available in Japanese, with an English · 日本語 · System language switch that changes instantly.
- AI tools can now write, not just read — with your explicit per-scope consent, assistants like Claude can add tags, write folder descriptions, and create or update notes in vaults you mark writable. They never delete your notes and never touch original files.
- Tunnels — map an external folder into your vault as a paths-only index (Trunkbase reads no file content until you choose to), then decompose entries on demand, individually or in bulk.
- Vault management — rename, relocate, or delete a vault from a per-row menu, with confirmations and a recycle-bin option. No vault content is moved on disk.
- Opt-in, anonymous usage stats — off by default and asked once; anonymous and content-blind, with a clear on/off switch in Settings → Privacy.
Improved
- A lighter, tidier build and UI polish — a branded loading screen, a cleaned-up About section.
The first public beta. Trunkbase turns your documents into a clean, private, searchable knowledge base that lives entirely on your own machine — available now for Windows 10/11 (64-bit).
New
- Document decomposition — drop in a PDF, Word (
.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx), web page, or image, and Trunkbase extracts it into a tidy Markdown note plus structured metadata. - Your vault, your files — everything is written to a plain folder you choose, as portable Markdown you can open in any editor. The filesystem is the source of truth.
- Hybrid search — find anything by keyword and by meaning at once, with results that jump straight to the right section of a note.
- Knowledge graph — related notes are linked automatically (citations, shared tags, similar content), with an interactive 3D view on the dashboard.
- Watched folders — point Trunkbase at a folder (say, your Downloads) and new files that land there are decomposed into your vault automatically.
- Multiple output formats — every note is saved as Markdown, with optional HTML, JSON, YAML, or DocTags versions of the same document side by side.
- Dashboard home — your vault at a glance: counts, recent notes, quick actions, and similar-note jump-offs.
- Connect your AI tools (optional) — expose a local, read-only connection so AI assistants like Claude can search and read your vault, with explicit per-connection consent.
- Private by design — no accounts, no cloud. Documents, notes, and searches never leave your machine; anything that would use an outside service is opt-in and clearly marked.