Import Markdown files
Bring in .md notes — one file, a folder such as an Obsidian vault, or a zip — and review them before they are saved.
You can import Markdown notes from anywhere that keeps them as .md files — Obsidian, a docs folder in a repository, or the zip DigiPages gives you from Download everything. The files are read in your browser, and nothing is saved until you have reviewed them and chosen Import. An import only adds pages: it never changes or replaces one you already have.
Choose Import Markdown… from the ••• menu at the top of the page list.
It is the button after new folder and new page, just under the word PAGES.
Pick your notes.
Choose Markdown files for one or more notes, Choose a folder for a whole vault or directory, or Choose a zip. You can also drop any of them on the box.
Review the list, then press Import.
Every page has a checkbox, and pages that look like ones you already have are flagged exactly as in a Notion import.
| In the files | In DigiPages |
|---|---|
| Note.md | A page. Its title comes from a title: in front matter, else a # heading on the first line, else the file name. |
| A Note/ folder beside Note.md | Pages nested under Note. |
| Any other folder of notes | A folder of pages. |
| Headings, lists, quotes, tables, bold, italic, strikethrough and links | The same. |
| - [ ] and - [x] | To-do lists, with ticked items still ticked. |
| Fenced code blocks | Code blocks in the same language, with a title="…" kept as the block's title. |
| $…$ and $$…$$ | Inline and block equations. |
| A quote starting with an emoji, or > [!NOTE] | A callout. |
| <details> and <mark> | A toggle list, and highlighted text. |
| Images and files the note links to | Uploaded to your account, if they are inside what you picked. |
| Links to other notes, including Obsidian's [[Note]] | Links to the imported pages. |
- Images on the web stay links; nothing is downloaded from another site.
- A link to a note or file that was not in what you picked keeps its text and loses the link.
- Front matter other than the title is not imported.
Images and files count toward your storage — 100 MB on every account unless you have been given more — and the review shows the total before you import. Everything new lands in one folder named Imported from Markdown, followed by the date.
Read next
Import your pages from Notion
Export from Notion as HTML, pick the zip or folder, review what comes across, and import.
Folders, and putting pages inside pages
Make a folder, nest pages, and understand the one rule about what can go where.
Add a code block
Insert a code block, set its language, give it a title, and copy it out.
Still stuck?
Email support@digipages.io and describe what you were trying to do and what happened instead. A link to the page you were on helps.