Everything Vellum does.
A private notebook in your browser. Every feature below runs on your device, works offline, and needs no account.
- Code cellsRun JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, SQL, Lua and 20 more languages inside a page.
- Private AIAsk your pages. The assistant runs on your device and shows its sources.
- Files and searchKeep PDFs, documents, photos and recordings with your pages, and search inside them.
- ChartsInteractive Plotly and Vega-Lite charts from your code, or a chart from a table.
- SyncEnd-to-end encrypted sync between your devices: through a folder you use, or phone to computer.
- Share notebooksSend one .html file anyone can open and run, no install.
- ImportBring your notes from Obsidian, Jupyter, Markdown folders, Inkdrop and zip files.
- DatabasesTurn pages into a table, board, calendar or gallery, with formulas and relations.
- StudyFlashcards written in your pages, reviewed with FSRS spaced repetition.
- OfflineInstallable, and it opens without a connection after your first visit.
Every feature, chapter by chapter
The same list as Discover in the app, where each one has a “Try it” button.
Write
- A blank page Start a page anytime; it saves as you type.
- Headings, lists, to-dos A few simple marks shape the page.
- Edit and read Write, read, or both side by side.
- Tables and charts Type a table, then turn it into a chart.
- Diagrams and formulas Draw flowcharts and write math right in a page.
Writing tools
- Focus mode Hide everything but your words.
- Version history Earlier drafts are kept; bring any of them back.
- A page a day One page per day, opened with one click.
- Templates and copies Reuse a page’s layout, or copy a page.
Organise
- Link pages Type [[ to connect ideas; links show up on both sides.
- Tags Add #words to gather pages by topic.
- Notebooks Folders for pages, inside each other if you like.
- Pin Keep the pages you return to at hand.
- Status Mark pages active, on hold or done.
- Properties Add dates, people or numbers to a page.
- Graph See how your pages connect.
- Tabs and side by side Open several pages at once; Ctrl/⌘-click opens a tab.
Databases
- Databases from pages Turn a notebook into a table you can sort and filter.
- Boards and calendars See the same pages as a board, calendar or gallery.
- Formulas Work out values from other properties, like pages per day.
- Show it anywhere Put a live table or board inside any page.
- Spreadsheets in and out Bring in a CSV as pages; save any view as CSV.
Collect
- Files and photos Keep PDFs, photos and documents with your pages.
- All your files Every file in one list, with the page it lives in.
- Text in photos and scans Make words in images searchable. Off until you want it.
- Bring your pages Bring pages from Obsidian, text files, Jupyter or a zip.
- Capture from anywhere Share from other apps, open files, or tap Capture.
- Voice memos Record a thought; it can be written down, on this device.
- Scan paper Photograph pages; Vellum straightens them into one PDF.
- Pictures from the web Save web images into your pages, only when you ask.
Find
- Search everything Find any word, even inside your files.
- Commands Type > in search to do anything by name.
- Outline Jump to any heading in a long page.
- Keyboard shortcuts Every action works from the keyboard and screen readers.
Ask
- Ask your pages Answers from your own pages, with sources. Runs on this device.
- Ask about one page Ask about this page, a notebook, or everything.
- Sources down to the page Citations open the exact page, slide, sheet range or chapter.
- Summaries and outlines Summarize, outline or continue the open page.
- Study guides and audio Turn a notebook into a study guide or listening overview.
Study
- Flashcards in pages Write Question :: Answer in any page to make a card.
- Review what’s due A few minutes a day; cards return just before you’d forget.
- Cards from your reading The assistant drafts cards from pages, PDFs and slides; you choose.
- Progress, no pressure See what you remember and what’s coming; no streaks.
- Anki cards in and out Bring cards from Anki, or take yours there.
Run code
- Run code in a page Python, JavaScript, R, SQL and 20+ languages, on this device.
- Variables See every value your code has made.
- Share between languages share() a table in JavaScript, query it in SQL.
- Input, files and charts Cells ask questions, read your files and draw charts.
- Network and packages Cells reach the web or install packages only if you allow.
Notebook power
- Work like a notebook Run all, run above or below, move and restart cells.
- Explain and Fix The on-device assistant explains code and suggests fixes.
- Write a cell from a sentence Describe a cell; the assistant writes it, you approve it.
- Draft a whole notebook Ask for an analysis: approve the plan, then each step.
- The assistant runs code It can compute answers, after you approve each run.
- Languages offline Download languages ahead, for planes and trains.
Share & sync
- Export and print Save a page as text, a web page, a notebook or PDF.
- Share a runnable page Send one file others can open and run, no install.
- Sync your computers Encrypted sync through a folder you already use.
- Sync your phone Pair a phone or tablet by QR code, end-to-end encrypted.
- Backup One file with everything, to restore anywhere.
- Install as an app Its own window, and it works offline.
Make it yours
- Light or dark Switch themes; Vellum remembers your choice.
- Storage See what Vellum keeps on this device.
- Tips and tour Gentle tips as you go; turn them off anytime.
- Your language Menus, buttons and messages in the language you choose.
- About Vellum What Vellum is, and why it keeps your pages private.