✍️ Input Methods

Multiple ways to capture your thoughts: rich text editor, voice notes, email, and imports from other apps.

📥 Ways to Create Notes

✍️ Manual Input
  • ⌨️ Rich text editor (TipTap)
  • 📋 Paste from clipboard
  • 📎 Drag & drop files
  • 🖼️ Image paste/upload
  • 📊 Resizable tables
  • ✅ Task lists
🎙️ Voice Notes
  • 🔴 In-browser recording
  • 📊 Live waveform display
  • ⏸️ Pause/resume support
  • 📝 AI transcription
  • 🔊 Embedded audio player
  • 🔗 Auto-discover related notes
  • 🔀 Merge with existing notes
📧 Email-to-Note
  • 📬 Unique @nevernote.ie address
  • 🔔 Real-time notifications
  • 🖼️ Inline image support
  • 📎 Attachment embedding
  • 🔐 Client-side encryption
📥 Import
  • 🟦 OneNote (via Graph)
  • 🍎 Apple Notes (macOS)
  • 🔮 Roam Research JSON
  • 📦 Evernote .enex files
  • 📁 Evernote HTML export

✏️ Rich Text Editor

Powerful TipTap Editor

ProseMirror Based

📝 Text Formatting

  • • Bold, italic, underline, strike
  • • Headings (H1, H2, H3)
  • • Bullet and numbered lists
  • • Nested list indentation
  • • Block quotes
  • • Code blocks with syntax

🖼️ Rich Content

  • • Paste images from clipboard
  • • Drag & drop images
  • • Embed PDFs
  • • Attach any file type
  • • Resizable tables
  • • Horizontal rules

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

  • • Ctrl/Cmd+B = Bold
  • • Ctrl/Cmd+I = Italic
  • • Ctrl/Cmd+K = Insert link
  • • Ctrl/Cmd+Z = Undo
  • • Tab = Indent list
  • • [[ = Start link

📧 Email-to-Note

Send Emails to Create Notes

Unique Address
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Email arrives at @nevernote.ie
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Postfix pipes to handler
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Parse & extract content
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Save to queue
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SSE notification
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Client encrypts & saves

Your unique email address:

nn-abc12345@nevernote.ie

Find your address in Settings → Email

What Gets Captured

  • Subject: Becomes note title
  • Body: Becomes note content (HTML preserved)
  • Images: Inline images embedded
  • Attachments: Embedded in note

Real-Time Delivery

  • Server-Sent Events (SSE) for instant notification
  • Note appears without refreshing
  • Content encrypted on your device before storage
  • Email queue is cleared after processing

📥 Import from Other Apps

🟦 Microsoft OneNote

Connect Microsoft OneNote via Graph API. Browse and import notebooks and pages directly — no export needed.

  • ✓ Direct OAuth connection
  • ✓ Browse notebooks & sections
  • ✓ Folder mapping wizard
  • ✓ Image preservation

🍎 Apple Notes

macOS only. Download our AppleScript exporter that reads directly from Apple Notes and creates a JSON export.

  • ✓ AppleScript exporter tool
  • ✓ Text & attachments preserved
  • ✓ Folder structure maintained
  • ✓ Creation dates preserved

🔮 Roam Research

Import Roam Research JSON export. Preserves [[bidirectional links]] and page structure for graph visualization.

  • ✓ [[Page links]] preserved
  • ✓ Block structure
  • ✓ Hierarchy maintained
  • ✓ Daily notes

📁 Evernote HTML

Best for large Evernote exports. Export as "Multiple web pages (.html)" from Evernote desktop.

  • ✓ Folder scanning with notebook detection
  • ✓ Full image & attachment support
  • ✓ Tags and creation dates

📦 Evernote ENEX

Import Evernote's native .enex export format. Good for single notebooks.

  • ✓ Rich text & ENML parsing
  • ✓ Embedded images extracted
  • ✓ Tags and creation dates

🗂️ Folder Mapping Wizard

When importing, choose how to organize imported notes:

  • Create new folder: All imports go into a new "Imported" folder
  • Preserve structure: Maintain the notebook/folder structure from the source
  • Merge into existing: Add to your current folder structure

🔐 Multi-Provider Authentication

Sign in with your preferred provider. Link multiple accounts to the same Nevernote account.

🔵 Google

Sign in with Google. Google-verified application — no security warnings. Also enables Google Drive storage and Google Contacts sync.

🔷 Microsoft

Sign in with Microsoft/Azure AD. Enables Microsoft Contacts sync and OneNote import.

🍎 Apple

Sign in with Apple. Supports "Hide My Email" for additional privacy.

🔗 Account Linking

One Nevernote account, multiple sign-in options:

  • Sign in with Google today, Microsoft tomorrow — same notes
  • Link providers in Settings → Accounts
  • Same encryption passphrase regardless of provider
  • Email matching suggests linking when you use a new provider

👥 Contact Sync

Import contacts from Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo. Tag people in notes and send email notifications.

📧 Google Contacts

OAuth with contacts.readonly scope. Imports name, email, phone, and avatar.

📬 Microsoft Contacts

OAuth with Contacts.Read scope. Imports from Outlook contacts.

📩 Yahoo Contacts

OAuth with sdct-r scope. Parses Yahoo's contact format.

✅ Data Collected

Minimal footprint:
• Display name
• Primary email
• Primary phone
• Avatar URL (Google)
• Source ID (dedup)

⛔ NOT Collected

Privacy by design:
• Addresses
• Birthdates
• Social profiles
• Notes/relationships
• Secondary emails

🔐 Privacy Note: All contact data is encrypted client-side with your passphrase before storage. The server stores only encrypted blobs and cannot read your contacts.

🎨 User Interface

🔍 Quick Search

Press Ctrl/Cmd+K to open search. Searches titles, content, and AI summaries. Filter results instantly.

◧ Layout Modes

Five layouts: Default, Wide Editor, Sidebar Right, Stacked, Focus Mode. Resizable panels.

🌙 Themes

Dark and light modes. Follows system preference on first visit. Toggle anytime.