--- title: Why Org Mode Isn't For Me | daily.dev description: A brief personal explanation of why the author chooses Markdown over Org Mode for note-taking in Emacs. The core reason is simple: notes need to be in Markdown... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-org-mode-isn-t-for-me-ryytzogus twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Org Mode Isn't For Me | daily.dev og:description: A brief personal explanation of why the author chooses Markdown over Org Mode for note-taking in Emacs. The core reason is simple: notes need to be in Markdown... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-org-mode-isn-t-for-me-ryytzogus og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RYYtzOguS.png og:image:alt: Why Org Mode Isn't For Me og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Org Mode Isn't For Me **[The Linux Cast](https://daily.dev/sources/linuxcast)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief personal explanation of why the author chooses Markdown over Org Mode for note-taking in Emacs. The core reason is simple: notes need to be in Markdown for portability and compatibility with other tools, so writing in Org Mode and converting to Markdown would add an unnecessary step. 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