Jimmy allows users to escape from proprietary note tools and their formats, by converting to Markdown. The Markdown notes can be directly edited, used for a migration to another note tool or simply kept as a human-readable backup.
There is a command line interface with full functionality and a terminal user interface with a reduced functionality, but easier to use for less tech-savvy users.
How It Differs
Compared to document converters, like Pandoc (that is used under the hood), MarkItDown or Docling, Jimmy aims to convert note structures. I. e. it doesn't convert only the documents, but tries to preserve links between notes, attached media and metadata (like tags or creation time).
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.
## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2865
**Author:** [@marph91](https://github.com/marph91)
**Created:** 1/18/2026
**Status:** ✅ Merged
**Merged:** 1/19/2026
**Merged by:** [@JinyangWang27](https://github.com/JinyangWang27)
**Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `add-jimmy`
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### 📄 Description
## Project
[Jimmy](https://github.com/marph91/jimmy) ([documentation](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/))
## Checklist
- [x] One project per PR
- [x] PR title format: `Add project-name`
- [x] Entry format: `* [project-name](url) - Description ending with period.`
- [x] Description is concise and short
## Why This Project Is Awesome
Which criterion does it meet? (pick one)
- [ ] **Industry Standard** - The go-to tool for a specific use case
- [ ] **Rising Star** - 5000+ stars in < 2 years, significant adoption
- [x] **Hidden Gem** - Exceptional quality, solves niche problems elegantly
Explain:
Jimmy allows users to escape from proprietary note tools and their formats, by converting to Markdown. The Markdown notes can be directly edited, used for a migration to another note tool or simply kept as a human-readable backup.
There is a command line interface with full functionality and a terminal user interface with a reduced functionality, but easier to use for less tech-savvy users.
## How It Differs
Compared to document converters, like [Pandoc](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc) (that is used under the hood), [MarkItDown](https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown) or [Docling](https://github.com/docling-project/docling), Jimmy aims to convert note structures. I. e. it doesn't convert only the documents, but tries to preserve links between notes, attached media and metadata (like tags or creation time).
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2865
Author: @marph91
Created: 1/18/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 1/19/2026
Merged by: @JinyangWang27
Base:
master← Head:add-jimmy📝 Commits (1)
704735aadd jimmy📊 Changes
1 file changed (+1 additions, -0 deletions)
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README.md(+1 -0)📄 Description
Project
Jimmy (documentation)
Checklist
Add project-name* [project-name](url) - Description ending with period.Why This Project Is Awesome
Which criterion does it meet? (pick one)
Explain:
Jimmy allows users to escape from proprietary note tools and their formats, by converting to Markdown. The Markdown notes can be directly edited, used for a migration to another note tool or simply kept as a human-readable backup.
There is a command line interface with full functionality and a terminal user interface with a reduced functionality, but easier to use for less tech-savvy users.
How It Differs
Compared to document converters, like Pandoc (that is used under the hood), MarkItDown or Docling, Jimmy aims to convert note structures. I. e. it doesn't convert only the documents, but tries to preserve links between notes, attached media and metadata (like tags or creation time).
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.