Apps come and go, but the files you create should last.

Today, we are excited to share a new official, open source (https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-importer) plugin for Obsidian called Importer. You can find it in the Plugins directory (https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=obsidian-importer).

Our goal for Importer is to make it easy to convert your notes from a variety of formats to Markdown (https://help.obsidian.md/Editing+and+formatting/Basic+formatting+syntax) files that you own and can use with any app that supports plain text files.

As we state in our Manifesto (https://obsidian.md/about):

We believe that your data should be future-proof and easily accessible, no matter where you are.

By converting your notes to plain text files, you can take ownership over your data and avoid becoming locked into a specific tool.

Importer supports converting from a wide variety of apps and formats. These include Apple Notes (https://help.obsidian.md/import/apple-notes), Notion (https://help.obsidian.md/import/notion), Evernote (https://help.obsidian.md/import/evernote), Google Keep (https://help.obsidian.md/import/google-keep), Microsoft OneNote (https://help.obsidian.md/import/onenote), Bear (https://help.obsidian.md/import/bear), Roam Research (https://help.obsidian.md/import/roam), HTML files (https://help.obsidian.md/import/html), and more (https://help.obsidian.md/import).

Obsidian stores your files in a local folder on your device, so that you always have control over them, even offline.