Notes

Import from Obsidian, and export your notes

Bring in an Obsidian vault folder or Markdown files with links intact, and export a zip of Markdown whenever you like.

Updated 2026-09-25

Importing an Obsidian vault

Choose your Obsidian vault folder and Atrium imports its notes and attachments into a workspace, encrypting each file on your device before upload.

  • Obsidian's own settings folder (.obsidian), its .trash folder and .git folders are skipped, as are system files such as .DS_Store.
  • Folder structure is kept.
  • If two files would end up with the same name, one gets a number added (Note 2), and links pointing at it are updated.
  • Before anything is written, you see a report of what will be imported and any links that won't resolve.

Very large single notes (over 1 MB of text) are skipped and listed in the report.

Importing Markdown files

You can also import loose Markdown files or a zip of them. The same rules apply.

Exporting

Export a workspace, or a single folder, as a zip of Markdown files with their attachments. Export runs on your device: the files are decrypted there and saved to your computer as ordinary files that Obsidian or any text editor can open. Exported files are no longer encrypted, so store them carefully.

Export stays available when your account is read-only. See the exit guarantee.