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https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup
Backup & export all Evernote notes and notebooks
https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup
backup database enex enex-files evernote evernote-backup evernote-client evernote-data evernote-export evernote-notes export notebooks python sync yinxiang
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Backup & export all Evernote notes and notebooks
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup
- Owner: vzhd1701
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-04-24T13:16:00.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-05-21T14:39:22.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-13T00:57:34.405Z (27 days ago)
- Topics: backup, database, enex, enex-files, evernote, evernote-backup, evernote-client, evernote-data, evernote-export, evernote-notes, export, notebooks, python, sync, yinxiang
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 466 KB
- Stars: 963
- Watchers: 17
- Forks: 71
- Open Issues: 29
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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README
# evernote-backup
[](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/evernote-backup)
[](https://pypi.org/project/evernote-backup/)
[](https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup/actions/workflows/test.yml)
[](https://codecov.io/gh/vzhd1701/evernote-backup)
Backup your notes & notebooks from Evernote locally and export them at any time!
## Features
- Quickly sync all your notes into the SQLite database for backup.
- Export all backed up notes in `*.enex` format, as **notebooks** or **single notes**.
- Support for both [Evernote](https://evernote.com/) and [Yinxiang (印象笔记)](https://yinxiang.com/).
## Installation
### Using portable binary
[**Download the latest release**](https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup/releases/latest) for your OS.
### With [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) (Recommended for macOS)
```bash
$ brew install evernote-backup
```
### With [PIPX](https://github.com/pypa/pipx) (Recommended for Linux & Windows)
```shell
$ pipx install evernote-backup
```
### With PIP
```bash
$ pip install --user evernote-backup
```
**Python 3.8 or later required.**
### With [**Docker**](https://docs.docker.com/)
[![Docker Image Size (amd64)]()](https://hub.docker.com/r/vzhd1701/evernote-backup)
[![Docker Image Size (arm64)]()](https://hub.docker.com/r/vzhd1701/evernote-backup)
```bash
$ docker run --rm -t -v "$PWD":/tmp vzhd1701/evernote-backup:latest
```
To log in to Evernote using OAuth with Docker, you'll have to forward port 10500 for a callback:
```bash
$ docker run --rm -t -v "$PWD":/tmp -p 10500:10500 vzhd1701/evernote-backup:latest init-db --oauth
```
### From source
This project uses [poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) for dependency management and packaging. You will have to install it first. See [poetry official documentation](https://python-poetry.org/docs/) for instructions.
```shell
$ git clone https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup.git
$ cd evernote-backup/
$ poetry install
$ poetry run evernote-backup
```
## Usage
### Step 1. Database initialization
To start you need to initialize your database.
```console
$ evernote-backup init-db
Username or Email: [email protected]
Password:
Logging in to Evernote...
Enter one-time code: 120917
Authorizing auth token, evernote backend...
Successfully authenticated as user!
Current login will expire at 2022-03-10 10:22:00.
Initializing database en_backup.db...
Reading database en_backup.db...
Successfully initialized database for user!
```
By default, it will prompt you to enter your account credentials. You can provide them beforehand with `--user` and `--password` options.
If you log in to Evernote with Google or Apple accounts, you must use the `--oauth` option.
To connect to **Yinxiang** instead of Evernote, use `--backend china` option. Unfortunately, OAuth is not supported for **Yinxiang** yet.
### Step 2. Downloading Evernote data
Then you will be able to sync your account data.
```console
$ evernote-backup sync
Reading database en_backup.db...
Authorizing auth token, evernote backend...
Successfully authenticated as user!
Current login will expire at 2022-03-10 10:22:00.
Syncing latest changes...
[####################################] 6763/6763
566 notes to download...
[####################################] 566/566
Updated or added notebooks: 23
Updated or added notes: 566
Expunged notebooks: 0
Expunged notes: 0
Synchronization completed!
```
You can interrupt this process at any point. It will continue from where it's left off when you will rerun `evernote-backup sync`.
**evernote-backup** keeps track of the sync state and downloads only new changes that have been made since the last run. So every sync will go pretty fast, but you'll have to wait for a bit on the first run if you have a lot of notes in your account. Syncing uses the Evernote Cloud API.
### Step 3. Exporting `*.enex` files
Finally, you can export your data into specified **output directory**
```console
$ evernote-backup export output_dir/
Reading database en_backup.db...
Exporting notes...
[####################################] 23/23
All notes have been exported!
```
By default, **evernote-backup** will export notes by packing them into notebooks, one `*.enex` file each. If you want to extract notes as **separate files**, use the `--single-notes` flag.
To also include **trashed** notes in export, use the `--include-trash` flag.
Exporting is performed wholly offline, and does not require access to the Evernote Cloud API to convert the notes.
That's it! So to export all your Evernote data, you will have to run three commands:
```console
$ evernote-backup init-db
$ evernote-backup sync
$ evernote-backup export output_dir/
```
After first initialization, you can schedule `evernote-backup sync` command to keep your local database always up-to-date. However, `evernote-backup export` will always re-export all notebooks to the specified output directory.
### How to refresh expired token
In case your auth token that you initialized your database with expires, you have an option to re-authorize it by running the `evernote-backup reauth` command. It has the same options as the `init-db` command.
## Getting help
If you found a bug or have a feature request, please [open a new issue](https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup/issues/new/choose).
If you have a question about the program or have difficulty using it, you are welcome to [the discussions page](https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup/discussions). You can also mail me directly, I'm always happy to help.
## Alternative tools
**evernote-backup** is basically a clone of Evernote's original **ENScript** but simplified and stripped of its other functions. If you prefer to export your notes using Evernote's original tool, then you will need to take hold of [Evernote's legacy client](https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052560314-Install-an-older-version-of-Evernote) and run the following commands:
```console
ENScript.exe syncDatabase /d backup.ebx /u [email protected] /p your_password
ENScript.exe exportDatabase /d backup.ebx /f output_dir
```
### Further reading
- [How to export Notebooks in new Evernote client](https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053159414-Export-notebooks)
- [Backing up and restoring Evernote data (Reference article) (requires registration)](https://discussion.evernote.com/forums/topic/86152-backing-up-and-restoring-evernote-data-reference-article/?tab=comments#comment-367110)
- [Migrating Your Notes from Evernote to Obsidian](https://www.dmuth.org/migrating-from-evernote-to-obisidian/)
- https://github.com/davidedc/A-thousand-notes
## Similar projects
I've also combined a [bigger list](https://github.com/vzhd1701/evernote-backup/blob/master/SIMILAR_PROJECTS.md) where I included all adjacent projects that I could find.
### Export
Project | Description | Language
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------
[ExportAllEverNote](https://github.com/dong-s/ExportAllEverNote) | Export notes in ENEX format driectly from your account | Python
[evernote2](https://github.com/JackonYang/evernote2) | Improved version of standard Evernote SDK. Also provides a tool for exporting notes driectly from your account | Python
[evernote-to-sqlite](https://github.com/dogsheep/evernote-to-sqlite) | Converts ENEX files into SQLite database | Python
[enote](https://github.com/tkjacobsen/enote) | Utility that can backup Evernote notes and notebooks | Python
[evernote-exporter](https://github.com/shawndaniel/evernote-exporter) | Export notes from old Evernote local database .exb format | Python
### Export / Sync
Project | Description | Language
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------
[SyncToGit](https://github.com/KostyaEsmukov/SyncToGit) | Syncs your notes with their resources to the git repository in HTML format | Python
[evermark](https://github.com/akuma/evermark) | A command line tool for syncing markdown notes to Evernote | JavaScript
[eversync](https://github.com/yejianye/eversync) | Sync your local directories with evernote notebooks | Python
[EverMark](https://github.com/liuwons/EverMark) | A tool that can sync local markdown/text notes to Evernote | Python
[LocalEvernote](https://github.com/lwabish/LocalEvernote) | Syncs local directory containing notes in Markdown format with Evernote | Python