Research library
Onnoir is strongest when notes and source material belong together. Keep private writing, Cabinet files, document previews, extracted document text, search, export, and recovery in one local desktop library.
Source material
Cabinet is built for source-heavy work: PDFs, DOCX files, text-like documents, images, recordings, videos, canvases, and references can stay near the pages and notebooks that use them.
Document search
When document indexing is enabled, Onnoir can search extracted text from PDFs, DOCX, Markdown, plain-text documents, and OCR-readable PDFs when extraction succeeds. That makes it easier to find the source behind a thought, not just the note that quoted it.
Local recovery
Source-heavy private work is hard to rebuild from memory. Onnoir keeps readable export and exact backup workflows visible so recovery is part of the routine, not a last-minute task.
Fit
Find notebook text, Cabinet items, Collections, and indexed document text from supported files.
Document previews and search handoffs help you return to the relevant source location when available.
Onnoir is a desktop workflow for research that should not begin in a hosted workspace.
Questions
Onnoir can search extracted PDF text when document indexing is enabled. OCR-readable PDFs can also produce searchable text when OCR succeeds, but scanned or image-heavy files may not always produce useful text.
No. Search indexes help you find material. Backup verification is still the way to confirm a recoverable encrypted backup.
Related
Available for macOS and Windows with no account required. Before updates, create and verify a recoverable backup.