Jimmy – convert your notes to Markdown

Jimmy is a tool to convert your notes from different formats to Markdown.

The tool converts notes from various formats (like OneNote, Google Keep and Synology Note Station) to Markdown. It can be used to migrate between note apps, create a human-readable backup of your notes or prepare your notes for a Large Language Model.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Several supported input formats. Convert a single file or a folder (recursively). Files of these formats will be converted to Markdown. The formats can be mixed. For example, you can convert a folder with two Asciidoc files and one DOCX file. The conversion result will be a folder with three Markdown files and the corresponding attachments.
• Provides two interfaces:
  • The Command Line Interface (CLI) can be used for scripting and provides the full set of features.
  • The Terminal User Interface (TUI) can be used to do the conversion interactively. Currently it provides only a feature subset and is still in beta.
• Markdown + Front matter output.
• Compatible with any text editor.
• Can be imported to Joplin/Obsidian/…
• Preserves resources, tags and note links when possible.
• Offline.
• Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
• Standalone (no Docker, Python or Node.js installation is required).
• No AI.

Website: github.com/marph91/jimmy
Support:
Developer: marph91
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Jimmy is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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