Import & Export
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Bring your snippets in.
Send your folders out.

Klackey reads in a CSV export, a folder of Markdown, text, RTF, or HTML files, or a Firefox Clippings backup, and turns each one into real, editable clippings or notes. Going the other direction, export any folder as a file you can hand to a teammate or move to another computer yourself.

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The problem

Reusable text doesn’t stay
in just one app.

A library of snippets, canned replies, or reference notes rarely starts life in the tool you end up wanting to use it in. It’s in a spreadsheet someone built years ago, a folder of exported notes, or another app entirely. Retyping all of it by hand is the reason migrations get put off indefinitely. Klackey is built to read that content in directly, and to let it back out again just as easily when you need to share it or move on.

Getting data in

Almost anywhere your text
currently lives, Klackey can read it.

Choose a CSV file, or point Klackey at a folder, and it does the rest: parsing rows or files, preserving what formatting it can, and filing the result into a new folder so it never collides with clippings you already have.

CSV, Markdown, text, RTF, or HTMLFrom TextExpander, Ditto, a spreadsheet, Obsidian, Apple Notes, and more
Your KlackeyFiled into a new folder, nothing overwritten
Ready-to-use clippings or notesSearchable, taggable, and available for abbreviations
Getting data out

Your library isn’t locked in.
Take any part of it with you.

Select as many folders or binders as you want, then export the selection as JSON, built to import straight back into another Klackey, or as HTML, a shareable document anyone can open in a browser without installing anything. The Secure Folder is never included in either export, so there’s no risk of sharing something sensitive by accident.

Any folder or binderPick as many as you want, Secure Folder excluded
ExportChoose JSON or HTML
A teammate, or anyoneJSON imports back into Klackey; HTML just opens
Real situations, not hypotheticals

Where import and export
actually get used.

Replace the shared replies spreadsheet

Export the spreadsheet your team has used for canned replies as CSV, then import it into Klackey. Each row becomes an editable clipping, ready to search, tag, and expand by abbreviation instead of copying out of a spreadsheet tab.

Bring in a folder of existing notes

Point Klackey at a folder of Markdown, plain text, RTF, or HTML files, an Obsidian vault export or an Apple Notes plain-text export, for example, and each file becomes its own clipping or note, named after the file it came from.

Hand off templates to a new hire

Check off your folder of support-reply templates, export it as JSON, and send the file to a new teammate. They import it straight into their own Klackey and get the same ready-to-use folder, without you retyping anything.

Privacy and storage

Files move directly.
Nothing passes through a server.

Import and export both work through your operating system’s own file picker, reading and writing straight to the file or folder you choose on your computer. Nothing is uploaded to Klackey, and no account is involved. The Secure Folder is excluded from every folder export by design, so a shared JSON or HTML file can never accidentally include a password or other sensitive entry.

Questions, answered

Good to know.

What file formats can Klackey import?+

A CSV export (from TextExpander, Ditto, ClipClip, a spreadsheet, or any tool that can export a table), a folder of Markdown, plain text, RTF, or HTML files, a Firefox Clippings backup (clippings.json), a Klackey backup, and Microsoft OneNote notebooks (.onepkg or .one files, Windows only). CSV column names don't need to match exactly; Klackey is deliberately permissive about how they're labeled.

Will importing overwrite my existing clippings?+

No. Import always adds to what's already in Klackey. Leave the destination folder name blank and new items land in a folder named after the file or folder you imported, or check "Import into a new folder" and name it yourself to keep the batch separate from everything else.

Can I export just one folder instead of my whole library?+

Yes. Select as many folders or binders as you want, not just one, and export the selection as JSON, which imports straight back into another Klackey, or as HTML, a shareable read-only document for anyone who doesn't use Klackey.

Does the person I share a folder with need Klackey too?+

Only if you export as JSON, which is meant to be imported back into a Klackey library. Export as HTML instead and they can open it in any browser, no Klackey installation required.

Can I move my whole library to a new computer instead of just a folder?+

That's a full backup and restore rather than a folder import/export. See Automatic Backups for how Klackey's backup file captures your entire library, clippings, folders, and notes always, clipboard history too if you've turned that on, and restores it on another machine.

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Bring your library in.
Take any part of it with you.

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