Import from other apps

Bring your existing notes from other apps without retyping. There are two importers: one for note apps (Evernote, OneNote, Obsidian, Joplin and others) and one for AI chats (ChatGPT and Claude). Everything is parsed in your browser — the exported files are read locally and only the resulting notes are saved to your account.

Where the importers live

Both importers are opened from the command palette:

1. 1Press Ctrl+K (Cmd+K on Mac) to open the command palette.
2. 2Search for "Import from other apps" — or "Import chats (ChatGPT / Claude)" for conversations.
3. 3The matching dialog opens on top of Notes.

Importing from note apps

1. 1In the dialog, pick the "Source app" (or "Other (Markdown / Text / HTML)" to auto-detect by file type).
2. 2Choose "Files or .zip" — or "Folder" to select a whole folder of notes.
3. 3The files are parsed on the spot and the dialog reports how many notes were found.
4. 4Adjust "Import into notebook" (it defaults to the source app's name) and click "Import".
5. 5When it finishes, you are taken straight to the destination notebook.

Preparing each app

Evernote

In the desktop app: select the notes or notebook → File → Export → ENEX (.enex). Import that file. Creation dates are preserved.

OneNote

Use the OneNote desktop app (2016/Microsoft 365): open a page or section → File → Export → "Single File Web Page (.mht)". Import the .mht. The text and formatting come over; embedded images are not carried (re-add them in the editor).

Obsidian

Your vault is already Markdown. Select the .md files, or zip/select the whole vault folder — subfolders become notebook and tags.

Joplin

File → Export → "MD - Markdown (Directory)". Import the resulting folder or a .zip of it.

Notion

Export the workspace/page as "Markdown & CSV" (or HTML). Import the .zip with the "Markdown" or "Other" option; the folder structure becomes notebooks/tags.

Google Keep

Download your notes from Google Takeout (select only Keep). Import the .json/.html files, or the Takeout .zip, with the "Google Keep (Takeout)" option.

Simplenote

Settings → Tools → Export → download the .zip; import the notes.json inside.

Apple Notes

Apple Notes has no clean export. Use a third-party exporter to get Markdown or HTML, then import as Markdown/HTML. As a quick path, you can also copy a note and paste it into a new note here.

Bear

File → Export Notes → Markdown (or HTML); import the files or a .zip with the matching option.

Skiff Pages

Export your pages as Markdown and import them (folders → notebook/tags).

Zoho / Fusebase / Nimbus

Export the notes as HTML and import with the matching option.

Markdown / HTML / Text

For any other app, export to Markdown, HTML or plain text and use the "Markdown", "HTML", "Text" or "Other" option.

Importing ChatGPT and Claude chats

Conversations have their own importer, separate from notes — each chat becomes a note in a "ChatGPT" or "Claude" notebook, with your turns and the assistant's replies clearly separated and the original conversation dates preserved.

1. 1Export your data — ChatGPT: Settings → Data controls → Export data; Claude: Settings → Privacy → Export data.
2. 2You receive a .zip by email. Open the palette (Ctrl+K) → "Import chats (ChatGPT / Claude)".
3. 3Upload the .zip directly (recommended — it includes your images). You can also drop several .zip files, or a conversations.json, at once.
4. 4Click "Import": each conversation becomes a note, and images are uploaded and embedded with a progress counter.

Limits

• On the trial plan, notes are limited (100 in total). If an import would exceed the limit, only what fits is created and the rest is reported — upgrade to bring everything in.
• Extremely large individual notes (over ~8 MB of text) are skipped and reported, never truncated.