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Save to a folder

Connect a folder once and Nekudot saves your artwork and settings straight into it - no download dialog each time, and your work lives as real files on your own computer. Available in Chrome, Edge and other Chromium browsers.

This needs the browser's File System Access feature, so it's available in Chromium browsers - Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and the like. In Firefox and Safari the Local folder panel simply doesn't appear; there, use the normal .nekudot save/export instead (see below).

The Local folder panel, before connecting

Connect a folder

Open the Local folder panel from the Windows menu (or press f), then click Connect folder and pick any folder on your machine. The browser asks once for permission to write there. Nekudot remembers the folder and reconnects to it on your next visit - if the browser ever drops that permission, the panel offers a one-click Reconnect.

Saving your work

Once a folder is connected the panel gives you:

This drawing - Save to folder: Writes the current canvas as a .nekudot file in your folder. The panel shows which file this drawing is bound to, so later saves overwrite that same file instead of piling up copies.
Settings - Back up / Restore: Saves (or reloads) a .nekudotapp bundle with your app settings, custom presets and colour palettes - the same bundle you can carry between devices.
Disconnect: Forgets the folder. Your files stay exactly where they are; only the link is removed.

Quick save Cmd/Ctrl + S saves the current drawing to your connected folder. With no folder connected it falls back to downloading a .nekudot file, so Save works in every browser.

Back up - and work across your devices

Because saves are just files in a normal folder, you can point Nekudot at a folder that a cloud service already syncs - Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive or OneDrive. Every save then mirrors up to your own cloud, giving you an off-device copy and history of your art without any extra step. Nekudot never talks to those services itself; it only writes the files, and your own sync app carries them.

That same synced folder lets you carry one drawing - and one setup - across your computer, tablet and phone. On another desktop (Chrome or Edge) just connect the same folder and saves flow both ways. On an iPad or Android tablet, where connecting a folder isn't available, your cloud app still holds the files: open a synced .nekudot to keep drawing and import the .nekudotapp to match your settings, then export back to the folder when you're done.

Local-first by design

This is a deliberate choice: Nekudot has no server, no account and no tokens, and nothing you draw is ever uploaded. Your artwork and settings stay on your device as plain .nekudot / .nekudotapp files that you fully own and can move, back up or delete yourself. Cloud backup stays entirely your call, through a folder you already trust - not a service you have to sign in to.