Guides / How to
How-to guides.
Practical walkthroughs for writing, organizing, and searching your notes day to day.
Daily notes in plain markdown
How to run daily notes in plain markdown: file naming, folders, a small template, and command-line appends that keep a journal you can read anywhere.
2026-08-30
Semantic search your notes offline, with no cloud and no API key
A practical guide to semantic search your notes offline: how local embeddings work, what to turn on in Jotura, and the exact commands to search by meaning.
2026-08-30
How to manage tasks in plain markdown
How to manage tasks in plain markdown: the checkbox syntax, where to file a todo, how to find every open item in a folder, and what text files cannot do.
2026-08-30
How wikilinks and backlinks work in plain markdown
A plain-English guide to how wikilinks and backlinks work in ordinary markdown files: the syntax you type, how a link finds its note, and how to list them.
2026-08-30