Baalda for students
Every lecture, reading and idea, linked, and free.
Course notes, readings and your thesis in one vault that links itself together as you write. Study with a classmate in the same note, and ask your AI questions about your own notes instead of the whole internet.
What a students vault can look like.
A vault is a folder of plain markdown files. Shape it however you work. This is one way to start, and the week below is what a few days in it could look like.
- Courses
- ECON 201
- Week 4 · Elasticity.md
- BIO 110
- Readings
- Thesis
- Outline.md
- Sources.md
- Group project
- Mon
Lecture notes go in the course folder, linked to last week's.
- Tue
A reading links to the thesis outline. The backlink remembers it.
- Wed
You and a classmate write the group report in the same note, live.
- Thu
Ask Claude to quiz you from your own ECON notes, over MCP.
- Fri
Open the graph before an essay and see which ideas keep meeting.
How it works
Three things students do in Baalda
Notes that link themselves
Link a reading to a lecture with a wikilink and both remember it. The graph shows which topics keep connecting across courses.
Group work in one note
Two people in the same note at once, with cursors and presence. No emailing versions of the report back and forth.
Study with your own notes
Connect an AI assistant over MCP and it works from what you actually wrote in class, then saves summaries back as notes.
Claude$0 forever for you and a study partner. Unlimited notes and attachments.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Baalda free for students?
Yes. The Free plan is $0 forever for 2 people and 1 synced vault, with unlimited notes and attachments.
Can I work on group projects in Baalda?
Yes. Real-time collaboration is included on the Free plan, so you and a classmate can edit the same note at the same time.
Will my notes still be mine after I graduate?
Yes. Every note is a plain .md file on your own disk. Nothing is locked in a database, so they open in any markdown editor.
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