[Neuron](https://neuron.zettel.page/) is a command-line app for managing a plain-text [Zettelkasten](https://zettelkasten.de/introduction/).
While there is some overlap with `zk`'s features, both tools are actually useful when paired together:
*`zk` has powerful [filtering](note-filtering.md) and [note generation](note-creation.md) capabilities
* Neuron shines with its static website generation
Close integration with Neuron was thought through from the start when designing `zk`. For example, Neuron's [Folgezettel](https://neuron.zettel.page/folgezettel.html) syntax is supported: `[[[link]]]`, `#[[link]]` and `[[link]]#`.
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But you can make your [notebook](notebook.md) even more tightly integrated with Neuron by:
* using the [same settings as Neuron](https://neuron.zettel.page/id.html) to generate the [note IDs](note-id.md) in the [note configuration](config-note.md)
```toml
[note]
filename = "{{id}}"
id-charset = "hex"
id-length = 8
id-case = "lower"
```
* adding [command aliases](config-alias.md) for your frequently used `neuron` commands
