Zettelkasten

This page describes how to convert notes from Zettelkasten (zkn3) to Markdown.

General Information

• Website
• Typical extension: .zkn3

Instructions

1. Install jimmy
2. Convert to Markdown. Example: jimmy-cli-linux test_zettelkasten.zkn3 --format zettelkasten
3. Import to your app

Import Structure

Zettelkasten supports Markdown export. However, it doesn't convert everything and the note links and attachments get lost. Most data can be preserved, when using the original .zkn3 location in the filesystem without any export.

• Each zettel is converted to a separate note.
• The note body of Zettelkasten is converted from BBCode to Markdown.
• Resources and attachments are converted, if the original folders are next to the .zkn3 file. I. e. img for images and attachments for attachments.
• Note sequences (Folgezettel) are linked at the end of the note.

Known Limitations

Some formatting is not converted, because it can't be expressed in pure Markdown (e. g. alignment).