This was written to turn a single export file from Standard Notes into individual Markdown files, while preserving the titles (including emojis), tags, and last modified times.
A typical (unencrypted) Standard Notes export is a zip that contains a directory, Items/
, with your notes as individual txt
files. It also contains a Standard Notes Backup and Import File.txt
, which is JSON-formatted.
This Python program conforms to the particular form of that JSON-formatted export. It creates individual Markdown files for each note.
python convert.py [JSON input filename] [output dirname]
This program was written to a professional standard, but just for fun. It has not been considered in a production environment. Use it with wild abandon on your own machine with a known input file.