Management of notes with a three-tier structure: shelf, notebook, and note.
Note profiles include location information, tags, and creation time.
Flexible display in card view, snippet view, and presentation mode.
Grouping of notes into Smart Notebooks by user-defined criteria for better management.
Archiving of seldom-used notebooks for easy preservation and management.
Common hotkeys are available for faster note management.
Attachments and Search
Support for drag-and-drop attachment upload from a computer or File Station.
Preview of audio, video, photo, and document attachments (including .docx/.doc, .pptx/.ppt, .xlsx/.xls, and .pdf) with DSM embedded players and viewers.
Direct insertion and preview of YouTube videos.
Search of notes and attachments by criteria such as keywords, titles, date, tags, and notebooks.
Security, Sharing, and Version Control
AES 256-bit encryption for notes.
Automatically saved version history for restoring notes to a significant previous version.
Flexible sharing settings, including public sharing and granting DSM users view-only or allow-to-modify permission.
Edit conflict resolution to preserve the most significant version when multiple users modify the same note.
Version history not applicable to exported notes and notebooks.
Task Management
To-do lists for tasks classified as starred, overdue, or due within the next 7 days.
Task management features including priority, scheduling, reminders with DSM notifications, starring, and subtasks.
A single note can contain up to 50 tasks.
Backup, Import, and Export
Backup of Synology Note Station to local or remote destinations, and restoration of package settings and data to a previous point in time with Hyper Backup.
Export of notebooks as .nsx files for backup or import to another Synology NAS, or export of individual notes as .html or .docx files for users without Synology Note Station.
Import of notebooks and notes from .nsx (Synology Note Station) or .enex (Evernote) files.
Affiliated Utility
Note Station Client
Requirements
Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 10, macOS X 10.13 or above, and Ubuntu 18.04 or above.
Offline Note Management
Same three-tier shelf, notebook, and note structure as Note Station, for offline access.
Offline note editing with regular synchronization to Note Station.
Note profiles, card view, snippet view, presentation mode, Smart Notebook grouping, AES 256-bit encryption, version history, notebook archiving, sharing settings, task management, and hotkeys, same as Note Station.
Search of notes and attachments by criteria such as keywords, titles, date, tags, and notebooks.
Google spell check with multiple supported language options.
Export of diagnosis information for further analysis and investigation.
Attachment, Import, and Export
Support for drag-and-drop attachment upload from a computer.
Preview of audio, video, photo, and document attachments, including .docx, .doc, .pptx, .ppt, .xlsx, .xls, and .pdf.
Direct insertion and preview of YouTube videos.
Export of notebooks as .nsx files for backup or import to another Synology NAS.
Import of Synology Note Station .nsx files.
Synology Web Clipper
Web Capture
A Chrome extension for clipping web content and saving it as notes in Note Station.
Support for clipping web text or taking screenshots.
Support for specifying the notebook where clipped content is saved.
Support for adding tags or comments to clipped content.
Quick capture mode to skip settings on each clip.
Support limited to Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
DS note
Mobile Note and Task Management
Mobile access to Note Station notes and tasks.
Notes viewed in the shelf, notebook, and note structure, with card view and snippet view.
Group notes into Smart Notebooks by user-defined criteria.
Web content clipped and saved directly to notes.
Task prioritization with scheduling, starring, and subtasks.
Task reminders with DSM notifications.
Up to 50 tasks per note.
Apple Watch support for creating and viewing up to 20 tasks and notes.
Mobile Synchronization, Attachments, and Security
Offline note editing, with synchronization of changes back to Note Station.
Upload and preview of audio, video, photo, and document attachments from mobile devices, in .docx, .doc, .pptx, .ppt, .xlsx, .xls, and .pdf formats.
Note management by location information, tags, and creation time.
Search of notes and attachments by criteria such as keywords, titles, date, tags, and notebooks
Adjustable font sizes within the app.
Version history for restoring notes to previous versions.
Export of notebooks as .nsx files for backup or transfer.
AES 256-bit encryption for notes.
Passcode lock for enhanced note security.
Sharing of notes by link or with DSM users and groups.
Requirements and Limitations
System requirements: iOS 14.0 or above, or Android 10.0 or above.
Import to DS note not supported; use the web browser version of Note Station or Note Station Client instead.
Embedding of YouTube videos into a note not supported.