Note-taking, engineered
Retrieval
beats filing.
Understory indexes everything you capture, so folders become optional and nothing disappears.
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What it does
Capture
- Quick-capture windowGlobal hotkey files a thought under today’s note
- Email forwardingA private address turns any inbox into an entry
- Voice memosTranscribed on device, searchable immediately
Structure
- Bidirectional linksEvery mention updates both notes, always
- Daily notesChronology by default, hierarchy only when asked
- Nested tagsLightweight structure that never locks you in
Recall
- Paraphrase searchFinds the note, not just the exact wording
- Weekly digestResurfaces what you wrote on this date before
- Saved questionsStanding queries that collect matches over time
Everything flows in
One inbox, every medium. Drag the row to see where captures come from.
No folders.
No filing.
Nothing lost.
Structure emerges from links and dates. You write; Understory keeps the ledger.
Start the index
Free on Mac, Windows and Linux. Your notes stay in open formats you can leave with.
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