# Move from Trello, Notion, Asana or Jira

Export a board from the app you use now and upload the file: lists, items and more come along.

Listspace makes a new board from an export of the app you use now. Nothing in that app changes, so you can try it side by side.

## 1. Open the import

1. Click your picture at the top right and choose **Import**. The page opens on **Import from Trello**.
2. The menu on that page also has **Import from Notion**, **Import from Obsidian** and **Import a CSV file**. Pick the one for your app: Asana, Jira, Linear, monday.com, ClickUp and Todoist all go through **Import a CSV file**.

## 2. From Trello

1. In Trello, open the board menu (top right), then **Print, export and share**, then **Export as JSON**.
2. In Listspace, upload the file (up to 50 MB) and click **Import board**, then **Open board**.

Lists, items, labels, checklists, comments, custom fields and files come over. Files on a private Trello board cannot be downloaded, so they come in as links.

## 3. From Notion

1. In Notion, open the database as a full page, choose **⋯**, then **Export**. Pick **Markdown & CSV** and turn on **Include subpages**.
2. In **Import from Notion**, upload the zip as it is.
3. On the **Properties** step, choose which property gives the lists (**Lists from**), the due date and the done state, and what every other property becomes: labels, a field, a line in the description, or left out.
4. Check the **Preview**, then click **Import** (the button says how many items).

Each page becomes an item with its text as the description, and a page inside a page becomes a sub-item. Images and files in the pages are not imported; the summary names them.

## 4. From Obsidian

1. Zip your vault folder, or use one note's .md file as it is. To find the folder, right-click a note in Obsidian and choose the option that shows it in File Explorer or Finder, then go up to the folder that holds .obsidian. On Windows, right-click the folder and choose **Send to** > **Compressed (zipped) folder**; on a Mac, right-click it and choose **Compress**. The zip can be at most 100 MB, and one project folder from the vault works too.
2. In **Import from Obsidian**, upload the file.
3. Each top-level folder becomes a list, and each note a document in it, followed by its tasks as items that say which note and heading they came from. A board of the Kanban plugin comes with its own lists. Under **Becomes**, choose per note **Document and tasks**, **Tasks only** or **Leave out**.
4. Check the **Preview**, then click **Import** (the button says how many items).

Due dates, tags and done ticks come over, a task indented under a task becomes a sub-item, and images and files a note shows are attached to the item or document they are in. Settings, empty notes and files no imported item shows are left out; the preview says how many.

## 5. From Asana, Jira and other apps (CSV)

1. Export a CSV in your app. In Asana: the menu next to the project name, **Export**, then **CSV**. In Jira: **Export**, then **Export Excel CSV (current fields)**. **Import a CSV file** shows the steps for each app under **From**.
2. Upload the file (at most 2 MB and 1000 rows). Choose your app under **From**, or let the import find it from the header row.
3. Check the columns: which one is the list, the title, the description, the due date and the labels. More, such as the start date or priority, are under **More columns**.
4. Check the **Preview**, then click **Import** (the button says how many items).

Subtasks become sub-items of their parent. The assignee becomes a line in the description.

![The Import a CSV file page, with the From picker and the Choose a file button](https://listspace.app/help-images/guide-csv-import-light.webp "Import a CSV file: choose the app you come from, then the file")

## Good to know

- Fields count toward your plan: 3 per board on Free, 50 on Pro. What does not fit is named in the summary.
- The new board lands in the space you are in.
- Next: [connect your AI](https://listspace.app/setup) and let it keep the board up to date.

## Help articles this guide uses

- [Boards](https://listspace.app/help/boards)
- [Custom fields](https://listspace.app/help/custom-fields)
- [Sub-items](https://listspace.app/help/sub-items)

This guide as a web page: https://listspace.app/guides/move-from-trello-notion-asana-or-jira. All guides: https://listspace.app/guides.