Turn your IDE into a personal knowledge management system
AS Notes brings markdown and [[wikilink]] editing for notes, documentation, blogs and wiki publishing directly into VS Code and compatible editors (e.g. Antigravity, Cursor, Windsurf). Capture ideas, link concepts, write, and stay focused - without ever leaving your editor.
The AS Notes VS Code Extension provides productivity tooling that turns your favourite IDE into a personal knowledge management system (PKMS), including a backlinks view, task management, journals, a kanban board, markdown editing tools, mermaid, LaTeX math support and Jekyll / Hugo like publishing.
Markdown with wikilinks in notes are a fast and efficient means of capturing and linking information both for building personal knowledge bases and for generating documentation.
The problem is that many PKMS tools (even those that use markdown) lean towards specific use cases and information structures, which makes them unsuitable for software developers who often need to work in their IDE along side code and documentation (VS Code being the most popular IDE in the world in 2026), or may be restricted in the tools they are allowed to install in corporate work environments. AS Notes is also compatible with VS Code forks like Cursor
AS Notes aims to be the "Swiss Army Knife" of knowledge management tools. It goes much further than markdown and wikilinks. It is in itself a markdown editor with inline styling, Mermaid and LaTeX rendering, and includes a backlink view, task management, a kanban board, templating and more. AS Notes supports standard markdown and outliner mode, and supports flat file systems or any folder structure. AS Notes can be used to manage your personal knowledge base or be used for publishing static docs and blog sites.
All of this is alongside an already capable editor in VS Code, with a rich extension library that you can use in conjunction with AS Notes.
About AS Notes on Product Hunt
“Turn your IDE into a personal knowledge management system”
AS Notes launched on Product Hunt on April 14th, 2026 and earned 67 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #37 on the daily leaderboard. AS Notes brings markdown and [[wikilink]] editing for notes, documentation, blogs and wiki publishing directly into VS Code and compatible editors (e.g. Antigravity, Cursor, Windsurf). Capture ideas, link concepts, write, and stay focused - without ever leaving your editor.
On the analytics side, AS Notes competes within Writing, Notes, Text Editors, GitHub and YouTube — topics that collectively have 142.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how AS Notes performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted AS Notes?
AS Notes was hunted by Gareth Brown. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of AS Notes including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Gareth Brown
The AS Notes VS Code Extension provides productivity tooling that turns your favourite IDE into a personal knowledge management system (PKMS), including a backlinks view, task management, journals, a kanban board, markdown editing tools, mermaid, LaTeX math support and Jekyll / Hugo like publishing.
Markdown with wikilinks in notes are a fast and efficient means of capturing and linking information both for building personal knowledge bases and for generating documentation.
The problem is that many PKMS tools (even those that use markdown) lean towards specific use cases and information structures, which makes them unsuitable for software developers who often need to work in their IDE along side code and documentation (VS Code being the most popular IDE in the world in 2026), or may be restricted in the tools they are allowed to install in corporate work environments. AS Notes is also compatible with VS Code forks like Cursor
AS Notes aims to be the "Swiss Army Knife" of knowledge management tools. It goes much further than markdown and wikilinks. It is in itself a markdown editor with inline styling, Mermaid and LaTeX rendering, and includes a backlink view, task management, a kanban board, templating and more. AS Notes supports standard markdown and outliner mode, and supports flat file systems or any folder structure. AS Notes can be used to manage your personal knowledge base or be used for publishing static docs and blog sites.
All of this is alongside an already capable editor in VS Code, with a rich extension library that you can use in conjunction with AS Notes.