Export Anytype documents as Markdown#

    anyr backup export uses Anytype's native Markdown exporter. It retains tables and styling information, can include attachments and property metadata, and can select a complete space or a narrower object set.

    The command examples use unzip to extract archives and jq to select values from JSON. Install those tools first, or substitute equivalent archive and JSON tools on Windows.

    Export a complete space:

    anyr backup export \
  --space "My Space" \
  --format markdown \
  --include-properties \
  --include-files \
  --dest ./my-space-markdown.zip

    Unpack the archive into a directory:

    unzip ./my-space-markdown.zip -d ./my-space-markdown

    Markdown export works well for moving content into another tool or preparing it for search and language-model indexing. The format is lossy because it does not retain every Anytype block detail. Use anyr backup create when the archive must preserve Anytype's protobuf representation for later restoration.

    Select exported content#

    • Include linked objects and attachments with --include-nested and --include-files.
    • Add property and schema metadata as front matter with --include-properties.
    • Export the complete space by omitting --objects and --types.
    • Select types with --types page or --types page,note.
    • Read explicit object IDs from a file with --objects FILE, or from standard input with --objects -.
    • Include archived objects or backlinks with --include-archived and --include-backlinks.

    The front matter differs from anyr md get. That command writes a compact header containing the space ID, object ID, name, creation date, and tags before the Markdown body.

    Export a collection view#

    Resolve the collection ID, choose one of its views, and send the returned object IDs to the exporter:

    anyr list objects "My Space" "$COLLECTION_ID" --view All --all \
  | jq -r '.[].id' \
  | anyr backup export \
      --space "My Space" \
      --objects - \
      --format markdown \
      --include-properties \
      --include-files \
      --dest ./collection.zip

    Export objects with a tag#

    Search for the tag through the object's tag property, then stream the matching IDs into the exporter:

    anyr object list "My Space" \
  --all \
  --type page \
  --filter 'tags[in]=urgent' \
  | jq -r '.[].id' \
  | anyr backup export \
      --space "My Space" \
      --objects - \
      --format markdown \
      --include-properties \
      --include-files \
      --dest ./urgent-pages.zip

    Extract Markdown from a protobuf backup#

    anyr backup create accepts the same selection arguments as backup export but creates a lossless archive that Anytype can import into the same or another space.

    Given a backup archive:

    • anyr backup extract ARCHIVE OBJECT_ID OUTPUT.md converts one document.
    • anyr backup inspect ARCHIVE opens a terminal interface for browsing and saving individual documents.

    The inspector adds YAML front matter containing identity, type, timestamps, creator, and properties. Plain backup extract uses the simpler renderer and does not add the inspector's front matter.