Getting Started

Getting Started

1. Try it with no account

Open www.forkleaf.in/editor and click New note. Everything works straight away: writing, links, diagrams, search and export. Notes are saved in your browser until you connect GitHub.

2. Connect GitHub

1. Click Continue with GitHub on www.forkleaf.in.
2. Choose where your notes live: an existing repository, or a new private one that ForkLeaf creates for you.
3. Keep writing. Each change is saved to your browser first, then committed to your repository. Rapid edits to one note are combined into a single clean commit.

ForkLeaf asks for the repo scope because it writes to private repositories. If you only keep notes in public repositories, choose Public repositories only on the sign-in page.

3. Things to try first

Try this	How
Jump to any note or command	Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux)
Insert a heading, table or diagram	Type / in a note
Link two notes	Type [[ and pick a note; links to unwritten notes are fine
See what links here	Open the document panel on the right
Switch editing mode	Rich, Split or Source at the top of the editor
Draw a diagram	/ → Diagram, then pick a template or draw on the canvas
See a note's history	Open the history view to browse every version

4. Your notes are just files

Your repository is plain Markdown. Clone it, edit it in VS Code or Obsidian, or run git log on it. ForkLeaf picks up outside changes on its next sync.

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