GUIDE
Short, practical guides to writing, linking, organizing, and finding your notes in Nodes.
Getting started
- [[Welcome to Nodes]] What Nodes is, and how this guide is laid out.
- [[Your first note]] Create a note and find your way around.
- [[Plans]] What Nodes costs, and what the two unlocks hold.
Home
- [[The Home page]] Your library at a glance, every time you open the app.
- [[Reminders & checklists]] Turn checkbox lines into a live to-do list; the agent adds its own suggestions.
- [[Your Garden]] Watch a tree grow as your library does.
Writing
- [[The editor]] Write in plain markdown, your way.
- [[Flow]] A full-screen writing stream, nothing but words.
- [[Linking notes]] Connect ideas with double-bracket links.
- [[PDFs & images]] Keep source material beside your writing.
Organizing
- [[Tags & tag pages]] Sort your library without folders.
- [[On-device AI]] Private, local help with tags, descriptions, and reminders.
Finding & seeing
- [[Search]] Find anything by word or by meaning.
- [[Graph view]] See your notes and their connections.
- [[Timeline view]] Watch your thinking unfold over time.
Windows & shortcuts
- [[Tabs]] Browser-style tabs: one per open note or tag page, plus a permanent Home.
- [[Light Windows]] Open loose .md files on their own.
- [[Keyboard shortcuts]] The keys worth knowing.
Settings
- [[Settings]] Appearance, fonts, editing helpers, and the background agent.
Your data
- [[Where your files live]] Plain files, on-device, no lock-in.
- [[Library snapshots]] Daily recovery points, kept on your Mac - and a restore you can undo.
- [[Import & export]] Bring notes in; take everything out.