Your notes, your way. Finally.

strayfiles was born from a simple frustration: developers using AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex accumulate dozens of Markdown files across repos, machines, and folders. CLAUDE.md context files, README updates, project docs, random notes — scattered everywhere with no way to find or sync them.

Most note apps want you to move everything into their system. We think that's backwards. Your files should stay exactly where they are. strayfiles just layers a smarter organizational system on top.

Point it at any folders you want — ~/notes, ~/dev/docs, wherever. Add a simple frontmatter block to opt files in. That's it. Full-text search, tags, virtual workspaces — all without touching your existing structure.

Sync happens your way: GitHub Sync for version control, or Stray Cloud for instant multi-device updates. Local-first by default, privacy-respecting always.

Who's behind this

strayfiles is built by bckgrnd, a development studio founded by Tito Febus — an automations expert and developer based in Orlando, Florida.

bckgrnd focuses on modern web applications, SaaS products, and native Apple apps with an emphasis on accessibility, minimalism, and scalability. The studio works with Astro, Tailwind, Supabase, and Swift — the same stack powering strayfiles.

Tito builds products independently and works with AI tools like Claude in production every day. strayfiles exists because he needed it himself: a way to wrangle all those context files without changing how he works.