Hello Riders,
In October 2024, Horse gained import and export.
This sounds like a pair of respectable menu items wearing office shoes. In practice, it meant the mountain of links sitting in Apple Notes, Notion, Obsidian, and miscellaneous text files could finally become a Trail. It also meant a Trail could leave Horse again whenever its Rider wished.
Both directions matter.
Bring the pile in
If you already have a list of links, you do not need to reopen each one and rebuild the structure by hand. Horse’s import editor reads Markdown: ordinary text with links, indented lists, and headings.
- Links become pages.
- Indented links become branches.
- Headings can become folders.
Paste the text, inspect the preview, make any changes, and import it. Horse turns the list into a visible route in the sidebar.
This is particularly useful for collections assembled somewhere that was never meant to be a browser. A note called “READ THESE” containing seventy-four links is not a moral failure. It is a Trail waiting for its final form.
Take the Trail out
Export works the other way. Choose one Trail or select several, then copy them as Markdown. The hierarchy becomes an indented list of ordinary links that can go into a notes app, a document, a project folder, or whichever magnificent text receptacle you have chosen for the next stage.
Markdown is plain text. It has no account tier, no proprietary database, and no scheme for holding your browsing history hostage until the heat death of the universe. Computers have been reading it for decades and remain delighted by the assignment.
The export is useful for handoff as well as safekeeping. A research Trail can become the source list underneath an article. A planning Trail can move into a project note. A branch can leave the browser when it has grown into something else.
That is the larger idea. Horse should help information change shape without claiming permanent custody of it. Browsing produces structure; export lets that structure continue its life elsewhere.
The controls have evolved since the original release. Use the current import and export guide for the exact steps, syntax, and multi-Trail export.
Catch you on the Trail,
Pascal & Eleanor