Why we’re building Loam

Loam is a notes app for people who think in plain text and work with others: colleagues, friends and, more and more, AI assistants.

Plain Markdown, styled in place

A note in Loam is a Markdown document and nothing else. There is no hidden database format to export from later. As you type, the editor styles the text in place: a heading looks like a heading, a link like a link, while the # and [ ] stay in the text where you can see and edit them.

Notes that more than one person can write

Live editing lets several people work in the same note and see each other’s changes as they type. Each person gets a role on a note: editor, commenter or viewer. Comments sit next to the text they’re about, and a version history lets you go back to any earlier point.

Agents you approve, with limits you set

Loam runs a remote MCP server, so an AI assistant can search, read and write your notes from any device, not just the computer it runs on. You approve each agent and choose its scopes. Agents can’t delete a note permanently, and their edits are shown under the agent’s name, like a collaborator’s.

On every platform

Loam has native apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android. It’s free on one device; Loam Pro adds sync, live editing, version history and agent access for US$2.99 a month or US$29.99 a year.