Convert from Zim Wiki to Markdown

General Information

• Website
• Typical extension: Folder with .txt files

Instructions

1. Install Jimmy
2. Convert to Markdown. Example: jimmy-linux cli zim/folder --format zim
3. Import to your app

Compatibility

Feature	Supported?	Remark
Attachments / Images / Resources	✅
Labels / Tags	✅
Note Links	✅
Notebook / Folder Hierarchy	✅
Rich Text	✅

Zim does a good job in exporting to Markdown. If the built-in export is fine for you, you don't need to use Jimmy.

Jimmy doesn't use Pandoc for conversion and applies some additional tweaks:

• Consistently use ATX style headings (starting with #).
• Consistently use spaces instead of tabs.
• Page title and creation date are removed from the note body. They are instead stored in the metadata respectively the filename. The metadata can be included by a front matter.
• Convert Zim checklists to Markdown checklists (- [ ]) instead of Markdown lists with signs (- ☐). The checklist states are converted as described below:
  • Done and not done are converted to - [x].
  • All other states are converted to -[ ].