Notion alternative

Notion is built from page blocks and databases. Skillok works differently — your notes are plain markdown files in a repository, and every change has a history. If you care about text, order and being able to take everything with you at any moment, this may suit you better. If you need database tables with formulas and real-time co-editing, it will not.

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What you can do#

  • Notes and documents — markdown with tables, task lists, formulas, Mermaid diagrams and code highlighting. Edit right in the browser.
  • Structure — folders and files, [[Title]] links between notes, > [!NOTE] callouts, tags.
  • History — every edit is saved: you see who changed what and when, and can go back to any version.
  • Tasks and boards — issues with labels and assignees, projects with a table, a board and a roadmap, custom fields.
  • Sharing — private and public repositories, organizations and teams with roles.
  • Export — download the repository as a ZIP archive or clone it with git: your notes stay ordinary files.

How it differs from Notion#

In Notion a page is an object inside the service. Here a note is a file. That means less magic — no relational databases with formulas, no page templates — but your notes are not tied to one service: you can open them in any editor and move them anywhere.

There is no real-time co-editing of one document. Working together is organized the way developers do it: each person makes changes, the history keeps them, and issues and pull requests are there for discussion.

How to move your notes from Notion#

  1. In Notion, export a workspace or a section as Markdown.
  2. Create a repository on Skillok.
  3. Upload the files with the add-files button or push them with git.

Notion databases turn into CSV tables on export — you can put them in the repository as they are.

Who it suits#

People who keep study notes, a personal knowledge base or project documentation and want plain files with an edit history. Teams that need issues and a board next to their documents.

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Create a repository — history, issues and pull requests from day one.

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