# Basalt > Your markdown repo, on your phone. Offline notes that commit back to GitHub Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.vishnuv.basalt](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.vishnuv.basalt) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.vishnuv.basalt` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Vishnu V - **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY - **Version:** 1.7.6 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-21 - **First published:** 2026-08-13 - **Publisher country:** IN - **Size:** 55 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-05 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vishnuv.basalt) - **Website:** [https://basalt-landing-smoky.vercel.app](https://basalt-landing-smoky.vercel.app/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://basalt-landing-smoky.vercel.app/privacy](https://basalt-landing-smoky.vercel.app/privacy) ## Description Basalt puts the markdown notes you keep in a GitHub repository on your phone — fully offline, and writable.

Point it at a repo, sync once, and the whole vault is on the device: readable, searchable and editable with the network off. Write on the bus, and the edit lands in your repo as a real commit the moment you have a connection again.

Your notes stay plain markdown files in a repository you own. There is no Basalt account, no proprietary format, and no server holding a copy of your writing.

WORKS WITH OBSIDIAN VAULTS

Basalt reads real Obsidian markdown, so the vault you already have needs no conversion: wikilinks, callouts, transclusion, footnotes, ==highlights==, tags, frontmatter, Mermaid diagrams, tables and code blocks.

OFFLINE FIRST

- The vault lives on disk and is indexed into SQLite. Nothing needs the network after the first sync.
- Full-text search across every note, plus a fuzzy quick switcher for jumping by name.
- Wikilinks, backlinks and linked mentions: [[note]] resolves the way you expect, and every note shows what points at it.
- A note connection graph with filters, search and a minimap, plus a local graph for any single note.
- Outline and heading jump for moving inside long notes.
EDITING THAT COMMITS ITSELF

- Edits queue on the device and push as real commits when you are back online.
- A pending-changes screen shows exactly what will be committed, with conflict resolution when the repo has moved on.
- Tappable task lists: tick a checkbox straight from the page.
- Highlights you can export, which survive re-syncing when the text moves.
- Background sync tells you when the repository has moved ahead.

BUILT FOR PRIVATE NOTES

- Optional biometric app lock and a screen-capture guard.
- Your GitHub token is held in hardware-backed secure storage and is sent only to GitHub.
- No analytics, no telemetry, no advertising, no tracking of any kind.
- Multiple vaults side by side. Public repositories work without signing in at all.
TRY IT WITHOUT A REPO

Basalt ships with a sample vault. On the connect screen, tap "Look around a sample vault" — no GitHub account, no network, nothing to connect. Every feature above works on it.
Four deliberate choices:

- Never the word "reader." Basalt writes, and your own conventions forbid shipping copy that calls it one. The editing section sits above the privacy section for the same reason — it's half the product, not a footnote.
- "Works with Obsidian vaults," not "Obsidian app." Obsidian is someone else's trademark, and Play's metadata policy treats implied affiliation as a rejection reason. Naming it once as a compatibility fact, plus the closing disclaimer, is the safe form. Don't add Obsidian to the app name.
- No keyword stuffing. Repeating "notes app markdown Obsidian sync" is the single most common metadata rejection. The description reads as prose because that's also what converts.
- The "TRY IT WITHOUT A REPO" section does double duty — it lowers the barrier for users and quietly tells the reviewer how to reach the whole app without credentials, backing up your sign-in declaration. ## Rankings - #3,181,639 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE` - `android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW` - `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC` - `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS` - `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE` - `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS` - `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ` - `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE` - `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE` - `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE` - `com.vishnuv.basalt.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` - `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ` - `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE` ## Similar extensions and apps - [RepoNote -GitHub Markdown Note](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.backdev.reponote) — 39 users - [ZenNotes: Markdown Notes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/md.zennotes) — 89 users - [Obsidian](https://chrome-stats.com/d/md.obsidian) — 5,895,534 users, 4.32 / 5 - [Local Notes: Private Notebook](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.app.local.notes) — 85 users - [GitNote -옵시디언 Markdown Viewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mingyulim.gitnote) — 1 users - [Offline Vault](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.basestone.offlinevault.secure) — 4 users - [Klad: Git & Markdown Notes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kladnotes.app) — 267 users - [Cache - Notes, Journal, Tasks](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.rocketware.cache.googleplay) — 80 users - [Plainva](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.plainva.app) — 24 users - [Plume — Markdown Notes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/craft.plumemarkdown.app) — 9 users - [Klave — Markdown Editor](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.velocitycraft.klave) — 36 users - [Markdown Rocks - MD Rocks](https://chrome-stats.com/d/rocks.platform.mdrocks) — 17 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.vishnuv.basalt)