Notes that stay yours.

Keep everything in one folder

Marrow works on a folder of notes, called a vault. Make one for everything: work, home, reading, ideas. Subfolders are fine, but don't spend long on them, because links and search do most of the sorting for you.

Already use Obsidian? Open that folder; it just works. Coming from Notion or Evernote? Import notes in Settings brings your notes over, with step-by-step help.

Start each day in today's note

Today's note is a page for the date with two parts: Log for what happens and Tasks for what to do. Write a line whenever something comes up. Over weeks it becomes a diary you can search.

Try it: Ctrl D opens today's note. Ctrl Alt N drops a quick note into it from any app.

Link as you write

Type [[ and a few letters to link another note. Every link works both ways: the note you link to lists this one under Linked mentions. Link to a note that doesn't exist yet and it's waiting for you when you click.

Unlinked mentions shows notes that name this one without linking it. One click links them.

Try it: Ctrl + click follows a link while you edit.

Tag lightly, and keep facts in properties

Use a #tag for a theme you'll want to gather later, like #reading or #work. A few good tags beat dozens of rarely used ones.

Put facts you'll sort or filter by, such as a status or a date, in the note's properties at the top. Databases can then show them as a table, a board or a calendar.

Turn lines into tasks with dates

Start a line with - [ ] to make it a task. Add a date with 📅 2026-11-05, and a reminder with ⏰ 2026-11-05 17:30 or the bell button. Your computer or phone tells you when it's time.

Every task from every note gathers in Tasks, on the Calendar and on Home, so you can write tasks wherever they come up and still see them all in one place.

Make Home your dashboard

Tap Edit on a phone, or use Add and Customize on a computer. Show the tasks you care about: the next 7 days, one tag, one folder, or any dates you pick. Pin a sticky note, one section of a note, a countdown or a clock.

Start from a template such as Week planner or Study. Save yours as a .marrowhome file to share; words on sticky notes stay out unless you choose to keep them.

Draw when words aren't enough

Type /drawing on an empty line, or use the Drawing button, and sketch right in the note: boxes, arrows, a quick map, a screen idea. On phones and tablets, draw with a finger or a pen; the hand tool moves and resizes what you've drawn.

For the bigger picture, open a Canvas and lay out whole notes side by side.

Find anything in two keys

Ctrl K finds a note by name and runs any command. To look inside every note, use Ctrl Shift F. Search understands "exact phrase", -word to leave something out, tag:#garden and path:Projects.

When you can't remember a word at all, open the Graph and follow the links, or ask your notes a question with Ask (bring your own AI key, or run one on your computer).

Keep it safe and in sync

Connect your own Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud or WebDAV under Sync in Settings, and the same notes appear on every device. Lock private notes or whole folders with a password.

Marrow keeps every version of every note: Version history compares and restores them, and the time machine shows your whole vault as it was on any past date, deleted notes included.