Projects

Projects are the top-level containers in Atlas. Each project is an isolated workspace with its own documents, tags, templates, and settings.

The Project List

Projects appear in the project list as either Icons or a List. Use the switch at the top to change views. In List view, columns show each project's name, document count, and when you last opened it. Atlas remembers your choice on each device.

Choose Sort on Mac, or More () on iPad and iPhone, to sort by Name, Last Opened, or Date Created, in ascending or descending order. The default is Last Opened, most recent first.

Creating a Project

Create a new project using the + button in the project list, or press Ctrl+Cmd+N. When you finish creating it, Atlas opens the new project straight away. Each project has the following metadata:

• Title — The project name
• Author — Optional author name (also used as default author in ePub exports)
• Cover Image — An optional cover image displayed in the project list
• Overview — A description field for summarizing the project's purpose

The Project Workspace

Opening a project brings you to the workspace — a multi-column layout with the Organizer, Editor, and Inspector. See The Workspace for details on navigating this layout.

Project Home

With no document selected, the editor area starts on Project Home — an overview of the whole project:

• Statistics — a breakdown of your documents by type, plus total word count and document count
• Tags — every tag in use, sorted by how often it appears; tap one to jump to the Organizer filtered to that tag
• Recent Documents — your most recently edited documents, for quick reopening
• Description — your project's overview text, with a Show more toggle when it runs long

Use Edit Project to change the title, author, cover image, or description, and Create New Document to start writing right away.

Archiving Projects

Projects have two states: Active and Archived. Archiving hides a project from your main project list while preserving all its data. Use it for completed work or projects you want to set aside.

To archive a project, right-click it (Mac) or long-press it (iPad and iPhone) in the project list and choose Archive Project. Atlas asks you to confirm, and the project moves out of the list.

To see archived projects, open Archived Projects. On Mac it's a button in the projects sidebar, and on iPad and iPhone it's in the More menu. From the list, choose Open Project to look inside an archived project without restoring it, or Unarchive to return it to your project list. You can also archive or unarchive a project from its settings.

Importing and Exporting Projects

Atlas supports full project import and export:

• Export as an .atlasproject bundle or folder, including a JSON manifest with all metadata, documents, attachments, sketches, and canvases
• Import from an .atlasproject bundle or manifest-based folder structure, with automatic internal link rewriting and progress tracking

For a full breakdown of what's inside a project file and how to re-import one, see Atlas Project Files.

See Also

• The Workspace — Navigating the project workspace
• The Organizer — Managing your project's document structure
• Documents — The six content types available in a project
• Atlas Project Files — The .atlasproject export format in detail