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SaaS~8 hours to build

Notion Backup Tool

Your Notion data, safely backed up.

The Problem

Millions of people store their life in Notion—notes, projects, documents, entire businesses. But Notion doesn't offer easy backup/restore. One accidental delete, one sync issue, one compromised account, and years of work could vanish. Manual exports are tedious and people forget to do them.

The Solution

Connect your Notion workspace, schedule automatic backups (daily/weekly), and store them safely. Browse backup history, restore individual pages or entire workspaces. Peace of mind that your second brain is protected.

How it works:

1

Connect Notion

OAuth integration

2

Auto backup

On your schedule

3

Browse & restore

Point-in-time recovery

Market Research

  • Notion has 35M+ users—massive TAM
  • Backup/restore is #1 requested feature on Notion forums
  • Similar tools exist for Airtable, Salesforce—proven model

AI Prompts to Build This

1. Project Setup

Create a Next.js app for Notion backup. Features: - Dashboard: connected workspaces, backup history, storage used - Connect: Notion OAuth to authorize access - Settings: backup frequency, retention period, storage location - Browse: navigate backup contents, download individual files - Restore: re-import to Notion or download as ZIP Use Supabase for auth and metadata. S3 or R2 for backup storage.

2. Backup System

Implement the backup logic: 1. Use Notion API to traverse workspace 2. For each page: fetch content, child pages, databases 3. Export in multiple formats: Markdown, JSON (for restore), HTML 4. Include: page content, properties, comments, attached files 5. Compress and upload to cloud storage 6. Store backup metadata: timestamp, page count, size Run as scheduled job. Handle rate limits with exponential backoff. Incremental backups: only re-fetch changed pages (use last_edited_time).

3. Restore Features

Build restore functionality: 1. Browse: tree view of backup contents (mirrors Notion structure) 2. Preview: render page content before restoring 3. Download: get individual page as Markdown or full backup as ZIP 4. Restore to Notion: recreate pages via API - Full restore: entire workspace - Partial: selected pages only 5. Diff view: compare current vs backup to see what changed Email alerts: backup succeeded/failed, storage running low.

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