Importer helps you migrate to Obsidian from various apps and formats. See the [[Import notes]] guide for details.
Importer is an official [[Community plugins|Community plugin]] made by the Obsidian team, with contributions to [our open source code](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-importer). You can contribute by adding additional import formats. [See contribution guide.](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-importer/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
## Install Importer
1. Follow instructions in [[Community plugins#Install a community plugin]]
2. Download and enable [Importer](obsidian://show-plugin?id=obsidian-importer) from the list
![[Import notes#Import from other apps and file formats]]
![[Import notes#More formats]]
## Importer temlpates
Importer lets you define [[Importer templates|templates]] that control how your notes are imported from other apps. This means you can modify the title, properties, and content of notes that you import.
Templates support variables and the same [[Obsidian Web Clipper/Filters|filters]] and [[Obsidian Web Clipper/Logic|template logic]] as [[Introduction to Obsidian Web Clipper|Web Clipper]].