NOTEGEN.File manager
Manage workspace files, folders, knowledge-base indexes, and remote sync.
The file manager shows the current workspace tree. On desktop, the unified bottom status bar switches workspaces and shows sync status; file-manager controls and menus handle creation, import, sorting, and expansion.
Take it slow along the Seine
A slow walk from Île Saint-Louis past the Louvre to the Tuileries
Musée d’Orsay reservations and hours
Reservation, opening hours, and travel information
A Paris bistro for dinner
Remember to book a table in advance
Le Marais galleries and shops map
Le Marais galleries and shops map
Weekend Paris Route
3 nodes · Just now
Seine Walk
4 nodes · Today
Restaurants and Coffee
5 nodes · Yesterday
Rainy-day Alternative
4 nodes · Yesterday
Basic operations
- New files and folders receive a non-conflicting name.
- Select a file to open it in a tab; select a folder to expand or collapse it.
- Context menus rename, copy, cut, paste, delete, reveal in the system file manager, and run remote sync operations.
- Drag files and folders into a destination, or drag supported content into the editor.
- Platform keyboard shortcuts work for copy, cut, paste, delete, and rename.
Multiple selection
Use the platform's multi-select controls, then copy, cut, or delete the selection. Batch deletion asks for confirmation and may also delete remote copies when sync is active.
Import Markdown
Select a directory to recursively copy Markdown and related images into the workspace. Check for name collisions first. NoteGen reports the number imported when finished.
Import Notion reads a Markdown/CSV ZIP exported by Notion. Document to Markdown supports Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenDocument, RTF, EPUB, CSV, and PDF. Complex layout and scanned PDFs may need manual cleanup or OCR first. See Import documents and migrate a workspace.
Workspaces
- The default workspace is inside NoteGen's application-data directory.
- A custom workspace can be any local directory with read/write permission.
- History keeps recently used paths for quick switching and can be cleared.
- Restart after changing a workspace. Switching does not move files from the previous workspace.
Sort and expand
Sort by name, creation time, or modification time in ascending or descending order. Expand or collapse all folders at once.
Knowledge base
File and folder menus can:
- calculate or delete vectors manually;
- toggle automatic vectors for one file;
- exclude a file from the knowledge base;
- batch-calculate or remove folder vectors;
- display folder index statistics.
The Skills directory is loaded as workspace Skills rather than ordinary knowledge-base content.
Sync
The primary provider can be GitHub, Gitee, GitLab, Gitea, S3, WebDAV, a cloud folder, or experimental NoteGen self-hosting. Items show status, and upload, pull, and delete use the selected provider. Different workspaces can map to different Git repositories.
Export and unsupported files
Export Markdown, HTML, plain text, JSON, or PDF from the editor or file actions. Files that NoteGen cannot edit can still be opened in a system application.
Mobile
Mobile uses touch menus instead of right-click and simplifies some batch and filesystem operations. Workspaces and Markdown remain compatible with desktop, subject to mobile OS directory permissions.