Getting started

Edit Markdown notes in your browser, on top of a GitHub repo you own. When the same note changed in two places, you see every conflict line by line and pick yours, theirs, or both. The merge UX from VS Code, in the browser, on your repo.

Typing a note in noteser: live-preview Markdown with wikilinks, tags, and tasks

Live-preview editing with wikilinks, tags, and tasks.

Your first note

Editor with a sample note open, sidebar on the left listing folders and notes

  • Press Alt+N to create a new note, or click the New note button in the file tree toolbar.
  • Type a title at the top, then markdown content below.
  • Notes save automatically — there's no Save button.

The layout

  • Left ribbon — quick actions (New note, Today's daily note, Command palette, Templates) + Settings.
  • Left sidebar — a tab strip with Files / Calendar / Outline / Source Control / Search / Bookmarks / Related notes. Drag a tab up to pin it permanently.
  • Editor — the main writing area. Each tab is one note.
  • Right sidebar — Properties panel for the active note (title, tags, pinned, file path, timestamps). Click the toggle on the far-right edge to expand.

Markdown basics

Noteser renders standard markdown plus a few extensions:

  • Wikilinks[[Note title]] links to another note in your vault.
  • Tags#projects #urgent anywhere in the body. The right sidebar surfaces them.
  • Task lines- [ ] something becomes a clickable checkbox.
  • Fenced tasks\``tasks ... ```` queries tasks across notes.

Keyboard shortcuts

A few essentials — full list under Settings → Shortcuts:

  • Ctrl+K — open search
  • Ctrl+F — find in current note (Ctrl+H for find-and-replace)
  • Ctrl+Alt+T — insert a markdown table at the cursor
  • Alt+N — new note
  • Ctrl+Shift+N — new folder
  • Ctrl+E — toggle preview mode
  • Ctrl+B — toggle sidebar
  • Ctrl+, — open settings
  • Alt+W — close current tab

Press Ctrl+/ any time to see the shortcuts modal. For deeper dives on each editor power feature see Editor power features.

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