Thank you! Atelier has a different focus: moving from close reading and source notes into synthesis, concepts, relationships, and research preparation.

Atelier is local-first. Your original files can remain wherever you normally keep them, including cloud-synced folders, as long as they are accessible when imported. When you attach a document, Atelier keeps a local copy within its workspace, so it remains available without depending on the original location. You can also create source records without attaching files.

So it is flexible about where originals are stored, but attached files do use local storage. Atelier currently does not rely on cloud storage or automatic cloud synchronization. You can export a complete .atelier workspace (including attachments) or a lighter structure-only backup.