Jimmy - Note Conversion Tool

Source: https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/

Welcome to Jimmy's documentation

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

Installation[¶](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/#installation "Permanent link")

**Download Jimmy here: Linux | Windows | macOS**

Use Cases[¶](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/#use-cases "Permanent link")

- Migrate between note apps. Jimmy's output is compatible with Joplin, Obsidian and more.

- Save your notes in a future-proof, human-readable format.

- Prepare your notes for processing in a LLM.

- Convert folders of office documents and PDFs recursively to Markdown.

Demo[¶](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/#demo "Permanent link")

Jimmy 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.

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Example commands for Linux:

```

do the conversion using an interactive TUI

jimmy-linux tui

convert a single file supported by pandoc

jimmy-linux cli libre_office_document.odt

convert all files in a folder

jimmy-linux cli path/to/folder

convert a Google Keep export

jimmy-linux cli takeout-20240401T160516Z-001.zip --format google_keep ```

For a video, check the Github readme.

If there is an issue at download or execution, please take a look at the step-by-step instructions.

Features[¶](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/#features "Permanent link")

- ✅ Several supported input formats

- ✅ Markdown + Front matter output

- Compatible with any text editor

- Can be imported to Joplin/Obsidian/...

- Preserves resources, tags and note links when possible

- ✅ Offline

- ✅ Open Source

- ✅ Cross-platform

- ✅ Standalone (no Docker, Python or Node.js installation required)

- ❎ No AI used during conversion

Supported Apps[¶](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/#supported-apps "Permanent link")

Export data from your app and convert it to Markdown. For details, click on the links.

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Supported Formats[¶](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/#supported-formats "Permanent link")

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.

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General Usage[¶](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/#general-usage "Permanent link")

1. Export/backup notes from your note application 2. Run `jimmy`, which converts your notes to Markdown 3. Import the result to Joplin/Obsidian or even use any editor like VSCode

Simplified Internal Workflow[¶](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/#simplified-internal-workflow "Permanent link")

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