RECN Node

What it does

Always awake
Runs as a service on a Mac, a PC, a Linux box or a NAS. Close every laptop and your library is still reachable.
A full copy
Every recording, note and drawing, on its own disk, so a device that was off catches up from it.
Backups
A snapshot a day. Restore from the dashboard.
A dashboard
Devices, libraries, transfers, who a project is shared with. Only your machine can open it.
Agents
It speaks MCP. Point Claude Code or Codex at it and they can work in your library.
Not a backend
The apps never depend on it. A Node is one more device, one that never sleeps.

Why it exists

This is the piece that makes local-first real. Your data stays local, on hardware you own, and you decide what you keep, who you share with and what gets backed up. How it works →

Get RECN Node

macOS · Apple silicon Download ↓ .tar.gz Linux · x64 Download ↓ .tar.gz Linux · arm64 Download ↓ .tar.gz Windows · x64 Download ↓ .zip

Install · macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://recn.in/install-node.sh | bash

Prints each step: the newest build for your machine, its checksum, a service that starts with the machine. It updates itself from then on. Then recn-node node add Personal --rec makes your first node, recn-node invite Personal pairs a phone to it, and recn-node open opens the dashboard. On a cloud VM with no screen, the guide covers signing in over SSH. On Windows unzip and run bin\recn_node.exe service install. A phone never needs a Node.

What changed

All releases →

The latest notes are on the releases page.

Early software: keep the data dir backed up like any other library.

Get Rec →Get Work →