Notely

Settings Reference ​

Use this page when you want to understand what each configurable option does in Notely.

1. Appearance ​

Theme ​

Open Settings -> Theme.

  • System: follows the operating system theme
  • Light: always uses the light theme
  • Dark: always uses the dark theme

Default: System

Use this when you want Notely to stay consistent with your desktop or when you need a fixed light or dark theme.

Zoom ​

Open View -> Zoom In, Zoom Out, or Reset Zoom.

  • Minimum zoom: 75%
  • Default zoom: 80%
  • Maximum zoom: 200%

Use zoom when UI text or panels feel too small or too large on your display.

2. Landing View ​

View Mode ​

Open View -> Tile Notes or View -> Table Notes.

  • Tile Notes: visual cards with previews and summary details
  • Table Notes: denser list-style view for scanning many notes quickly

Density ​

Open View -> Comfortable Density or Compact Density.

  • Comfortable: more whitespace and larger rows
  • Compact: denser rows for large workspaces

Use compact density when you want to see more notes at once.

3. Editor and Writing ​

Typo Check ​

Open Edit -> Enable Typo Check.

  • When enabled, Notely checks note text for spelling and typo issues.
  • It skips code and diagram content so it does not flag technical text unnecessarily.

Default: On

Outline ​

Open View -> Show Outline.

  • Shows a headings-based side panel for the current note
  • Hidden automatically while Focus Mode is active

Shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + L

Focus Mode ​

Open View -> Focus Mode.

  • Hides the outline and reduces surrounding distractions
  • Useful for concentrated writing sessions

Shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + F

4. Terminal ​

Show Terminal ​

Open View -> Show Terminal.

  • Opens or hides the embedded terminal panel
  • Useful for project-local commands while staying in Notely

Terminal Shell ​

Open View -> Terminal Shell.

  • Auto: lets Notely choose the shell
  • Bash: prefers Bash when available
  • CMD: uses Windows Command Prompt

Use Bash if you prefer a Unix-style command line. Use CMD if you prefer standard Windows commands.

5. Screen Capture ​

Open Settings -> Screen Capture.

  • Auto Insert: inserts the captured image immediately into the note
  • Review Before Insert: opens the review editor before saving and inserting

Default: Auto Insert

The toolbar capture button shows the current mode:

  • A = Auto Insert
  • R = Review Before Insert

6. AI Settings ​

Open AI -> AI Settings.

Provider setup ​

  • Text provider: choose the AI service that writes or rewrites text for you
  • HuggingFace token: turns on meaning-based search and the smarter graph view
  • Test buttons: check that your saved sign-in details work

Current UI status:

  • OpenAI and Local LLM are visible as planned providers and are not currently configurable

Feature toggles ​

  • Learn user patterns: lets the app remember how you use AI so it can be more helpful later
  • Generate embeddings: turns on meaning-based search and related-note features
  • Discover relationships: helps the graph and AI features find links between related notes

Advanced generation tuning ​

  • Max tokens: controls how long AI responses are allowed to be
  • Temperature: controls how safe and predictable, or how varied and creative, the response feels

Use lower temperature for predictable output. Use higher temperature for brainstorming or variation.

Data and privacy controls ​

  • Shows where AI-related app data is stored on your device
  • Lets you clear saved AI working data and learned behavior

7. Workspace Metadata and Git Safety ​

If your workspace is also a Git folder, Notely can help keep its own support files out of version control.

  • Ignore .notes-app: On: automatically keeps .notes-app/ ignored in .gitignore
  • Ignore .notes-app: Off: leaves Git ignore management to you

Use this when your team stores notes in Git but does not want Notely's private support files committed with them.