folio.

A WORKSPACE FOR WHAT COMES NEXT

Find a good idea.
Make it your own.

Search notes, discover whole directories, and shape useful documents into your next chapter. Shared originals stay shared. Your changes become yours.

Private versions. Complete directories. No needless copies.

FIELD NOTES / 014SHARED

Small ideas.
Useful beginnings.

A good document isn't the finish line. It's a place to start.

Research / Next chapter.mdYour version ↗
01MAKE ROOM FOR AN IDEA

THE SHARED COLLECTION

Something worth finding.

Search full text, file paths, notes and directories.
Preview first. Make your version when you're ready.

Shared documents are published by users. Preview content and respect the author's reuse rights.

LEARN YOUR WORKSPACE

Useful guides. Clear next steps.

Publish a public resource, search the shared information database, install a whole directory or reshape a document into your own work. Each guide explains one practical task.

Sharing

Publish public notes with reviewed snapshots

Learn how to publish a Folio note, review the exact shared text, update its public snapshot and keep private edits separate from the published version.

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Discovery

Search shared notes and public information

Search Folio's user-published notes, full document text and directory paths. Preview matches, filter the collection and browse every result page.

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Sharing

Share and preview complete note directories

Publish a reviewed Folio directory with nested text files, browse chapter previews and help readers navigate a complete shared document collection.

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Working with sources

Install shared directories and make your version

Install a shared directory without bulk-copying text. Read its files through the API, then create your private version only when you modify and save.

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Importing

Upload text folders and ZIP note directories

Import UTF-8 text chapters from a folder or ZIP into Folio, review paths before upload and understand the 25 MB monthly Free text allowance.

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Writing

Edit Markdown notes with Monaco and autosave

Write Folio notes in a self-hosted Monaco Markdown editor with inline titles, autosave, read previews, revision history and selected-text utilities.

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Utilities

Use local text utilities and note checks

Enable selected-text helpers and run local BOM, Unicode, line, word and pattern checks in Folio without sending note text to an external processor.

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Privacy and activity

View note activity with user-controlled tracking

See saved note actions and optional usage insights in Folio. Control activity recording separately from editing and local utilities in your workspace.

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Browse and search all guides →

LESS DUPLICATION. MORE MOMENTUM.

Your next chapter,
in three simple steps.

01 / DISCOVER

Find your starting point.

Search the actual text—not just a title. Explore shared notes and whole directories in one place.

02 / INSTALL

Bring the directory with you.

Preview paths and chapters, then install a directory in your workspace. Unchanged files remain shared.

03 / MAKE IT YOURS

Edit just what you need.

Your first saved modification creates your private version inside the same directory. No bulk copying.

A LITTLE SPACE TO THINK CLEARLY.

Keep the source.
Change the possibilities.

Open your workspace →