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What is loqqr?

loqqr is a quick-capture tool for saving the things that don't have a home yet. Code snippets you keep losing, links you want to revisit, terminal commands you can never remember, notes, files. Think of it as your digital junk drawer, except you can actually find things in it.

When you save something, loqqr detects what kind of content it is and categorizes it automatically. Code gets syntax highlighting, links get their page title fetched, commands are formatted for easy copying. Everything is searchable and can be organized into collections or tagged with topics.

Creating your account

Head to the login page and choose "Sign up." You can create an account with your email and a password (minimum 8 characters), or sign in with Google. If you use email, you'll receive a confirmation link to verify your address before you can log in.

Saving your first item

The capture bar sits at the top of your dashboard. Paste or type anything into it and press Enter or tap Save. That's it.

1. Open your dashboard and click the capture bar at the top.
2. Paste or type your content. loqqr auto-detects whether it's a note, code, link, or command.
3. Optionally add a title. If you skip this, loqqr uses the first line of your content.
4. Press Enter or tap Save.

Your item shows up in the dashboard immediately. You can edit it, move it to a collection, tag it with a topic, or share it with a link whenever you need to.

Installing loqqr on your phone

loqqr works as a Progressive Web App (PWA), which means you can install it to your home screen and use it like a native app. Once installed, you can share content into loqqr directly from other apps on your phone.

The capture bar

The capture bar at the top of your dashboard is the fastest way to save something. Paste or type content, optionally set a title, and save. You can also press Ctrl + Enter (or Cmd + Enter on Mac) to save quickly.

If you want to capture something from outside the dashboard, you can use the /capture page directly. This is also the page that opens when you share content into loqqr from your phone.

Content types

loqqr recognizes five types of content and formats each one differently.

Auto-detection

When you paste content into the capture bar, loqqr analyzes it and picks the most likely type. It looks for things like code syntax (curly braces, keywords like function or def), URL patterns, shell operators, and common CLI tool names. If the detection isn't right, you can override it by selecting a different category before saving.

Editing items

Click any item in your dashboard to open it. From there you can edit the title, content, category, or language. Changes save automatically when you close the item. You can also drag and drop a new file to replace an existing file item.

Uploading files

Drag and drop a file onto the dashboard, or click the upload button in the capture bar. Files are stored securely in your account and can be previewed inline (images and PDFs) or downloaded.

Files have an expiry period set in your preferences. By default, files expire after 30 days. You can change this or set files to never expire in Settings.

What are collections?

Collections are folders for grouping related items together. You might have a collection for a project, a client, a topic you're learning about, or anything else you want to keep organized. Each collection gets a color to help you tell them apart at a glance.

Creating a collection

In the sidebar of your dashboard, click the "+" button next to Collections. Give it a name and it's ready to use. Colors are assigned automatically in a rotating sequence, but you can change them later.

Moving items to a collection

Open any item and use the collection picker to assign it. You can also move multiple items at once by selecting them and using the bulk actions menu. An item can belong to one collection at a time.

Reordering and managing

Collections appear in the sidebar in the order you created them. You can rename a collection by clicking its name, or delete it if you no longer need it. Deleting a collection doesn't delete the items inside it; they just become uncollected.

What are topics?

Topics are tags you can attach to items for cross-cutting organization. While a collection is like a folder (an item lives in one place), a topic is like a label. Use them for things like "reference," "todo," "team-standup," or any category that cuts across multiple collections.

Creating and assigning topics

You can create a topic from the topic picker when editing any item. Type a name and select "Create" if it doesn't exist yet. Topic names must be unique (case-insensitive) and under 100 characters.

Topic counts

Each topic shows how many items use it. Topics are sorted by usage, so the ones you use most appear first in the picker. If you delete a topic, items that had it simply lose the tag; nothing else changes.

What are guides?

Guides let you arrange content into a step-by-step walkthrough. They're useful for setup instructions, onboarding docs, troubleshooting flows, deployment checklists, or anything where order matters.

A guide is a sequence of steps. Each step can include a note (explaining what to do), content (a code block, command, link, or text), and file attachments.

Creating a guide

1. Open the Guides tab on your dashboard.
2. Click "New guide" and give it a title and optional description.
3. Add steps. For each step, write a note explaining what the user should do.
4. Attach content to each step, either from your library or written inline.
5. Reorder steps by dragging them up or down.

Linking items vs. writing inline

Each step can pull content in two ways. "Reference" mode links an existing item from your library. If you update the original item later, the guide reflects those changes. "Write" mode lets you add content that lives only inside the guide and doesn't appear in your main item list.

Step attachments

You can attach files to any step. This is useful for screenshots, config files, or documents that accompany the instructions. Images and PDFs get inline previews; other file types show as download chips.

Exporting guides

Guides can be exported as Markdown (.md) or as a self-contained HTML file. The HTML export includes all styling inline, so it opens in any browser or word processor with no extra dependencies. Open the guide and use the export button to choose your format.

Creating a share link

You can share any item or guide with a public link. Open the item or guide, tap the share button, and loqqr generates a short URL. Anyone with the link can view the content without needing an account.

If a share link already exists for that item, loqqr reuses it instead of creating a duplicate.

Link expiry

By default, share links don't expire. You can set an expiry when creating the link (7, 30, or 90 days), or change the default in Settings. Once a link expires, visitors see a "no longer available" page.

View counts

Every share link tracks how many times it's been viewed. You can see the count on the shared page itself and in your dashboard under the item's share status.

Revoking a link

To stop sharing, open the item and click the revoke button on the share panel. The link stops working immediately. You can always create a new one later if you change your mind.

Setting a reminder

You can attach a reminder to any item, or create a standalone reminder from the reminders panel. Set a date and time, and optionally add notes about why you're reminding yourself.

Recurring reminders

Reminders can repeat on a schedule. When creating one, choose a recurrence pattern (daily, weekly, etc.) and loqqr will keep surfacing it on that schedule until you dismiss or delete it.

Snoozing

If a reminder fires at a bad time, you can snooze it. Snoozing pushes the reminder forward by the duration you choose without changing the original schedule.

How version history works

Every time you edit an item's content or title, loqqr automatically saves the previous version. This happens in the background — you don't need to do anything. Your edit history builds up over time, and you can browse or restore any past version at any point.

Viewing versions inline

Expand any item and click the History button in the action bar. This opens an inline panel showing your recent edits with a summary of what changed in each one (lines added, removed, or modified). Click any version row to expand it and see the full content or a color-coded diff view. You can toggle between Diff (shows what changed with red/green highlighting) and Full (shows the complete content at that point in time).

Full history page

For a deeper dive, click View full history at the bottom of the inline panel. This opens a dedicated page with a split-pane layout: version list on the left, full content viewer on the right. You can search across version content, sort by newest or oldest, and toggle between full content and diff views.

Global edit history

Click the History button in the dashboard header to see all edits across all your items, grouped by day. You can filter by item name, content type, or search across all versions. This view also shows which items have never been edited. Click any entry to jump to that item's full history page.

Restoring a version

Every version has a Restore button. Restoring replaces the current content with the selected version's content. This is non-destructive — the content you're replacing is saved as a new version before the restore happens, so you can always undo a restore by restoring again.

What gets tracked

Version history tracks changes to an item's content and title. Organizational actions like pinning, moving to a collection, assigning a topic, or setting a reminder do not create version entries. For file items (images, PDFs, spreadsheets), version history tracks title and metadata changes — the file content itself is not versioned.

Searching items

The search bar on your dashboard searches across titles and content. Results update as you type. Search works across all categories, collections, and topics.

Filtering by category

Use the category tabs at the top of your dashboard (All, Notes, Code, Links, Commands, Files) to filter your view. The active category combines with any collection or topic filter you have selected.

Sorting

You can sort your items by last accessed, newest first, oldest first, or alphabetically. Your sort preference is saved and persists across sessions. Change it from the sort button on the dashboard or set a default in Settings.

Using kanban view

Kanban view arranges your items into columns that you can drag between. It's an alternative to the default list view and is useful when you want to track items through stages like "to do," "in progress," and "done."

Moving items between columns

Drag an item card from one column to another. The item's kanban column is saved automatically. You can combine kanban view with collection and category filters to narrow down what you see.

Installing loqqr

loqqr is a Progressive Web App. You can install it on your phone or tablet and it behaves like a native app, with its own icon, splash screen, and full-screen mode.

1. Open loqqr in your mobile browser (Safari on iOS, Chrome on Android).
2. On iOS, tap the share button in Safari, then "Add to Home Screen."
3. On Android, tap the three-dot menu in Chrome, then "Install app" or "Add to Home screen."
4. Open loqqr from your home screen. It launches in standalone mode without browser UI.

Sharing into loqqr

Once installed, loqqr appears as a share target on your device. When you're in another app (a browser, a messaging app, or anywhere with a share button), choose "loqqr" from the share sheet. The content opens in the capture page, pre-filled and ready to save.

Preferences

The Settings page lets you configure default behaviors for your account.

Default sort order controls how items are ordered on your dashboard. Options are last accessed, newest, oldest, or alphabetical.

Default share expiry sets how long new share links last. You can set them to never expire, or expire after 7, 30, or 90 days. You can always override this on a per-link basis.

Auto-detect content type toggles whether loqqr tries to identify what you're saving (code vs. link vs. command vs. note). Turn this off if you prefer to always choose manually.

Trash auto-delete controls when trashed items are permanently removed. Options are never, or after 7, 30, or 90 days.

Changing your password

Open Settings and click "Change" next to Password. You'll need to enter your current password and then your new one (minimum 8 characters). If you signed up with Google, you can add a password through the "Forgot password" flow on the login page.

Exporting your data

You can download all of your data at any time. Go to Settings and click "Export data." This generates a JSON file containing all your items, collections, guides, topics, reminders, and share links. The export includes everything in your account.

Deleting your account

If you want to delete your account, go to Settings and click "Delete" under the account section. You'll need to type DELETE to confirm. This permanently removes your account, all your saved items, files, guides, collections, topics, reminders, and share links. This action cannot be undone.