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Projects

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

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New to Atlas? Try the Sample Project & Tour to explore a ready-made project before creating your own.

Creating a Project

Create a new project using the + button in the project list, or press Ctrl+Cmd+N. 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

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New projects include default Draft and Research folders to get you started. These can be renamed, moved, or deleted — they're a starting point, not a requirement. You can disable automatic folder creation in Settings > General.

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, open its settings and toggle the archived state. Archived projects can be accessed and restored at any time.

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.

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Project export is always available, even when your subscription has expired — Atlas never holds your data hostage.

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