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Getting Started

Learn how to get started with taking notes using Notetxt.

Notetxt is a minimalistic note-taker site with a focus on minimalism and simplicity, letting you write down what's on your mind. No accounts, no subscriptions, nothing super fancy, just you and your notes.

To start taking notes using Notetxt, you will need to navigate to the Editor. This is where all of your note-taking will happen.

If it is your first time using Notetxt, you will see a 'Getting Started' note, which gives you a checklist to tick off by completing different tasks within the Editor:

A screenshot of the introductory note that you'll see when opening the Editor for the first time.

The Markdown preview mode will be enabled by default on your first visit only to help you visualise the checklist easier. After leaving/refreshing, the Markdown preview mode will be off by default, but can be toggled with its keybind.

Notetxt supports importing, exporting, and downloading notes in .txt and .md file formats. You can also export all of your notes into one of the file formats as a .zip file.

However, there is more to the Editor than at first glance. See the three buttons above the main content? Those are for the Command Menu, the Note Manager, and Settings.

Command Menu

You can access the Command Menu by pressing the button, or by using the Ctrl+K keybind. Once done, you should see the following:

A screenshot of the Command Menu in Notetxt when open.

The command menu includes three sections:

  • Recent Notes - Displays the 3 most recent notes you have created. Clicking on one of them will switch the current note to that note.

  • General - Includes various options you can use to perform different actions.

  • Links - Includes links to various pages related to Notetxt.

Note Manager

You can access the Note Manager by pressing the button, using the Ctrl+J keybind, or by adding the query-string parameter, which will automatically open it for you.

The Note Manager which contains a single note.

To use different note options on a specific note, click the ... button in the top right of each note. From here, you will be able to do things like edit the tags attached to a note, copy notes, and more.

The dropdown that appears when clicking the ... button on a note.

When searching for notes from within the Note Manager, you can search by either the name of a note, or by tags applied to a note.

Here is an example of the Note Manager when it has a couple of notes:

A Note Manager which contains four notes.

Settings

Notetxt also has a selection of settings, found by pressing the button. From here, you can adjust these settings to your liking. They mostly consist of settings for your notes:

The Settings page with some customised settings.

These settings, like your notes, will persist across page visits.

The defaults are as follows:

  • Default Note Name: New Note

  • Default File Type: Rich Text (.txt)

  • Enable Preview On New Notes: Off

  • Show Recent Notes: On

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