Softly Knowledge

The open, cited, source-of-truth knowledge base behind Softly — free, private and ad-free.

Softly Knowledge is not a blog or a set of articles. It's a small knowledge graph: every medical concept exists exactly once, is linked to related concepts, and carries at least one citation to a recognised, tier-1 public-health source. The app compiles this graph into an offline, on-device store and uses it to build the Discover section and to give Softly Intelligence its explanations.

How it works

Human-authored, reviewable. Each concept is a small Markdown "atom" — one file, with its sources — versioned in git, so a clinician can review it without opening Xcode.
Checked by tooling, not by discipline. A build pipeline enforces the rules: every link resolves, every atom has a source, no duplicates, schema-valid.
Offline and private. The graph is compiled into a read-only database bundled inside the app. Nothing is fetched at runtime — no server, no tracking.

Language-neutral by design

The graph itself is language-neutral — ids, relations and sources. Only the display text is translated, as overlays per language. Adding a concept is one node plus its translations, never "rewrite the graph 50 times."

Open and licensed

The tooling and pipeline are open source under the MIT licence.
The knowledge content is published under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 — you may reuse it with attribution and share-alike, and every citation to the original authority is preserved.

Anyone can read it, check it, and suggest improvements.

View Softly Knowledge on GitHub →

Educational, not medical

This is educational content, not medical advice. Softly doesn't diagnose or treat, and it doesn't replace a healthcare professional. Every entry summarises material published by recognised health authorities and links back to it.

Last updated: September 2026.