Use Xiaohongshu folders when you only need categories inside that service. To read those saves alongside articles from other sources, use the Nostos Chrome extension to scan a favorites page you can access. Check the imported items before adding optional tags or spaces.

Choose the workflow that matches your goal

Goal Starting point What to verify
Revisit topics inside Xiaohongshu Use the source app’s folders first Whether you need another library at all
Read alongside Zhihu and web articles Import accessible favorites with the extension Destination, captured body and source links
Continue on iPhone Configure the matching sync route after import Completed uploads and actual phone content
Keep a file backup Inspect saved items, then use the app’s export Required text and attachments in the files

If “export Xiaohongshu favorites” means your entire account history or a particular file format, check that requirement first. Importing a reading library is not a complete account backup. To bring in another source, follow the Zhihu import workflow.

Choose a destination first

Nostos extension import controls

Actual extension UI with example data. Identifies controls; does not demonstrate successful source capture or upload.

Install the Nostos Chrome extension, open settings, and connect your destination. Batch favorites imports use Mac or Nostos Cloud; the current iCloud path does not import whole favorites collections. Nostos Cloud requires an account and Pro access. The Mac route requires an installed, running, paired client; check the download page and store for availability.

Which page and button to use

Open your Xiaohongshu profile’s saved/favorites view or a specific collection. The profile’s posts tab, recommendation feed and an individual note are different from a batch-import entry. The extension recognizes the saved state of a profile and dedicated collection pages. If the page is unsupported, return to the right view first.

In the extension, choose Import favorites → Save to → Import this collection. If Choose import destination appears, open it, select Nostos for Mac or Nostos Cloud in Settings and finish connecting before returning. The iCloud collection restriction is deliberate; repeated clicks will not remove it.

Check usefulness with three notes

For example, three weekend-trip notes might cover a location, a route and opening hours. Verify the author and source of each, then search for the place. Finding one note need not become a filing project; add your own tags or space when you will revisit the trip. This is an illustrative organizing example, not a report of importing real user data.

Use this checklist:

  • Title or author: you can identify the intended note, not a feed.
  • Source link: it opens the correct item.
  • Scope: distinguish shared text, extracted body and available images.
  • Destination: the item appears in the library you selected.

Interpret the result

Nostos icloud-import

Actual extension UI with a simulated state, not a live account or upload result.

What you see Check first Next action
Unsupported collection page Are you in favorites or a specific collection? Open that view and choose Import this collection
No favorites found Have target rows actually loaded? Load the source page and retry; account totals are not success counts
Import processed Are items pending or failed? Open Save activity at the top right and inspect upload progress
One item contains only a link Does the original note still open? Open it individually and use Save page

Avoid posting source URLs containing access parameters in public support comments. Describe the page type and displayed message instead.

Is this a full Xiaohongshu export?

No. This workflow imports accessible favorites into Nostos. It is not an official account export and does not guarantee every note, hidden item or original-quality video. For one note, open it and use the single-page Save action.

Continue with reading Chrome saves on iPhone.

Only need one post from your phone? Use single-post RedNote saving without scanning a collection.