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Knotis is a teaching-focused Zensical wrapper.

It turns Markdown notes into a website where ideas are connected.

It is built for instructional materials.

Installation¶

Prerequisite: Install Python 3.11+ from python.org.

macOS Windows Linux

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install knotis

python3 -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
pip install knotis

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install knotis

Outlining

Written as nested bullets, and nesting becomes graph edges and pane context.
Wikilinks

The double-bracket, [[concept]] syntax that names a concept and links it everywhere it appears.
Pane

A side panel that shows every place a concept appears, without leaving the page.
Graphs

Site, page, and concept graphs built from the course outline.
Search

Concept-aware search that ranks concepts and tagged content.
Content tags

Labels a section or block like #example and groups matching sections site-wide.
Glossary

A course glossary generated from the concepts already written in the lessons.
Slide mode

Any page can open as a full-screen slideshow.
Read aloud

A built-in text-to-speech button.
Video controls

GIFs and MP4s get play/pause, scrubbing, first-frame previews, playback speed, and captions.