Integrations Overview
Lino works alongside the tools you already have. You can bring notes in from other apps, keep Cards in step with Markdown files on your disk, capture from the macOS menu bar, read your calendars, open sites with your browser sign-ins, and take everything back out again. This page lists every integration and where it lives.
Most integrations need the desktop app. The importers, Smart Sync and Quick Entry all read or write files on your computer, so a browser cannot do them.
At a glance
| Integration | What it does | Where you find it | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Import from Obsidian, Bear, Logseq, Markdown | Turns .md files into Cards | Settings → Import | Import |
| Import from Heptabase | Turns a Heptabase whiteboard into a Canvas | Settings → Import | Import |
| Import Images | Turns image files into Images in your Inbox | Settings → Import | Import |
| Smart Sync | Keeps each Card and its Markdown file in step, both ways | Tick Smart Sync while importing Markdown; manage in Settings → Import | Smart Sync |
| Canvas folder | Gives Lino AI a folder on your computer to work in for one Canvas | The Canvas's More (⋮) menu → Bind a folder... | Canvas Binding |
| Memory from other AIs | Brings what ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini knows about you into Lino AI's memory | Settings → Import → AI | Memory |
| Quick Entry | Captures Cards, Images and Links from the macOS menu bar | Menu bar icon, or ⌘⇧L anywhere | Quick Entry |
| Browser sign-ins and bookmarks | Brings sign-ins and bookmarks from Google Chrome, Arc or Dia into the Browser | Settings → Browser → Import | Browser |
| Calendars | Shows your Mac and iCloud calendars in the Schedule | Settings → System → Calendars | Schedule |
| Export | Copies or saves Cards as Markdown, Images and Sketches as PNG, Tables as Markdown + CSV, or everything as one zip | Right-click an object; Settings → Data & Privacy | Export |
Opening the Import page
All importers live on one page, Settings → Import. You can reach it from several places:
- Click your avatar → Settings → Import.
- Click the Import from... button (the import icon) next to the search box in the left sidebar.
- Right-click an empty spot on a Canvas → Import from....
- In the panel that opens from your avatar, click the import icon (Import from...) at the bottom.
Coming soon
The Import page also shows Notion, Evernote and Apple Notes. They are not available yet; clicking one tells you the import is coming soon. Until then, export your notes from those apps as Markdown and use the Markdown importer.
Related
- Your Data: where your library lives, backups and Export all.
- Inbox Stack: where most imported and captured things land first.