Migrating from Notion to Cabinet
Leaving Notion does not mean losing your work. Notion exports clean Markdown and CSV, and Cabinet runs on exactly that: files on your disk. Here is how to move over in an afternoon and end up owning your knowledge.
Step by step
Moving over
- 1
Export your Notion workspace
In Notion, choose Export with the Markdown and CSV format and include subpages. You get a zip of Markdown files and CSV tables that mirror your page tree.
- 2
Drop it into a Cabinet folder
Unzip the export into your Cabinet knowledge folder. Your pages are now Markdown files on your disk, organized the way they were in Notion.
- 3
Tidy the structure
Rename the export folders to match how your team thinks. Cabinet renders the tree, and live apps and dashboards over it, while everything stays plain Markdown you can grep and git.
- 4
Point your agents at it
Add agent personas and routines so agents start reading and writing the imported knowledge: drafting, summarizing, and keeping docs current on a schedule.
- 5
Invite your team
Share the workspace so colleagues work in the same knowledge base, now on files you own and self-host.
What moves over
Your work comes with you
- Pages and subpages, as Markdown files
- Databases and tables, as CSV you can keep or convert
- Your page hierarchy and most formatting
- Images and file attachments referenced from the export
Being honest
What to watch out for
- Notion-specific blocks such as synced blocks and some embeds may need a quick cleanup.
- Relational database links become CSV columns; complex relations may need reshaping.
- Real-time multiplayer works differently from Notion, so review the collaboration model with your team.
After the move
What you gain
- Your knowledge is files you own: grep it, git it, back it up, self-host it.
- Agents read and write it on a schedule, using your own model keys.
- Live apps and dashboards render over the same files, for the whole team.
Questions
Migration, answered
Is migrating from Notion to Cabinet hard?
No. Notion exports Markdown and CSV, which is exactly what Cabinet runs on, so most of the work is exporting and tidying.
Will I lose my databases?
No. They export as CSV, so you keep the data and can reshape it in Cabinet as needed.
Can I keep using Notion during the move?
Yes. The export is a copy, so you can migrate at your own pace and keep Notion running until you are ready.
How do Notion and Cabinet compare overall?
Notion is a managed cloud wiki; Cabinet is a knowledge base you own with agents and apps. See the full Notion vs Cabinet comparison.
Move once. Own it from here.
Bring your Notion content into a knowledge base you keep, and put agents to work on it.