Synology Note Station
DSM Version
7.4 7.3 7.2

Synology Note Station

Note Organization and Display

  • 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.

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.