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title: "Mimir manual"
description: "The manual for Mimir, a bullet outliner built around a daily journal. Notes stay on your device and work offline, and Cloud Sync is a one-time purchase that keeps both versions when two devices disagree."
---

Mimir is a thinking tool: a bullet outliner built around a daily journal,
with wikilinks connecting your notes into a web instead of a folder tree.
Your notes stay on your device and work offline. You write, link, and
search the same way on your phone as on your computer, and Cloud Sync
keeps both versions when two devices disagree.

## Start here

**[Why Mimir](/why-mimir)**

What sets Mimir apart from other note-taking apps.

**[Getting started](/getting-started)**

Install Mimir, open it for the first time, and find your way around.

**[Where your notes live](/where-your-notes-live)**

The file that holds your notes, and how to back it up.

**[The journal](/the-journal)**

The page you'll use every day.

## Find a topic

### Writing

- [Formatting text](/formatting-text)
- [Selecting, moving & deleting](/selecting-moving-and-deleting)
- [Drawing diagrams](/drawing-diagrams)
- [Rich embeds](/rich-embeds)

### Organizing and finding

- [Pages & wikilinks](/pages-and-wikilinks)
- [Using a page as a template](/using-a-page-as-a-template)
- [Search & find](/search-and-find)
- [Showing a bullet in more than one place](/showing-a-bullet-in-more-than-one-place)
- [Focusing on one thread](/focusing-on-one-thread)
- [Popping out a page](/popping-out-a-page)
- [Changing the text size](/changing-the-text-size)

### Devices and sharing

- [Sync across devices](/sync-across-devices)
- [Backing up and restoring](/backing-up-and-restoring)
- [Sharing a copy](/publishing-a-page)

### Moving notes in and out

- [Importing notes from another app](/importing-notes-from-another-app)
- [Exporting your notes](/exporting-your-notes)
- [Deep links & automation](/deep-links-and-automation)
- [Automating with the mimir command](/automating-with-the-mimir-command)
- [Mimir Highlighter](/mimir-highlighter), the browser extension

### Help

- [Troubleshooting](/troubleshooting)
- [Mimir compared](/comparisons), Mimir next to Logseq, Roam Research,
  Obsidian, and other note-taking apps

## Legal

- [Privacy policy](/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of service](/terms-of-service)