Why I Built Knovum: A Local-First Infinite Canvas AI Workspace with Tauri 2 and Vue 3

Knovum is an open-source, local-first desktop knowledge space featuring an infinite 2D canvas and on-device AI synthesis. Developed to avoid rigid folder structures and proprietary cloud subscriptions, it supports non-linear thinking for complex software architectures and research. The developers chose a technical stack of Tauri 2, Rust, and Vue 3 over Electron to eliminate severe trade-offs, ensuring the tool runs efficiently alongside IDEs, compiler jobs, and local LLMs for high-performance spatial topology management.