Guides

These guides walk through Alexandria's main features. Each one is short and focused.

Get started

• Getting Started - build the CLI and choose a workspace
• Create your first note - create, list, update, and tag a note
• Concepts - notes, tags, and properties in one place

Guides

• Tagging & properties - organize with flexible tags and typed properties
• Media - manage photos, files, and attachments
• Importers - bring in data from Notion
• Data ingestion - put activity like Netflix history on the timeline
• Expenses & receipts - file a receipt as an expense, a place, and what you bought
• Article import - save web articles as notes, readable offline
• Sync - keep an encrypted workspace on multiple devices
• Backup - keep your data safe
• Trash - recover deleted items
• Settings - configure how Alexandria works

Use cases

Step-by-step workflows built from today's features: Meeting notes, Daily notes, Network of people, Reading workflow, Getting Things Done, PARA setup, and Live dashboards with Link DB.

Switching to Alexandria

Moving from another tool? Start with the switching overview, then the guide for your app: Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, Apple Notes, or Tana.

Reference

• CLI cheatsheet - the akb commands at a glance
• Property types - the seven property types
• Keyboard shortcuts - app and editor shortcuts
• Platform support - what works on CLI, desktop, and Android
• Glossary - core terms defined

If you find any issues, please report them to: alexandria [at] fponzi [dot] me