Layers Pages
Docs that know about your tasks
Your team’s wiki, procedures and notes. Type / and drop in a table, a callout or a link to a task from a project.
No card · free for up to 20 people
The problem
How knowledge lives in most teams
Without a wiki
- ✗Procedures are scattered across chats and folders, impossible to find
- ✗Nobody knows who changed a doc or when
- ✗The text says “see the task in the tracker” — go find it yourself
- ✗A doc goes out as a file, and you never know who opened it
01 · Set up
A team wiki in one evening
Sections, nested pages, covers and icons. The structure is on the left and on the map.
Pages form a tree
Team wiki → Processes → Code review, Releases, On-call. Click + next to a page and a new one appears inside it, right in the tree on the left.
02 · Write
Type / and the block is there
Headings, lists, tables, callouts, code and equations. One search instead of a toolbar with a hundred buttons.
The / menu finds a block by name
/ opens the block menu by section: Text, Advanced blocks and more. Type “tabl” and Table is what’s left; press Enter and the table is in the text.
Blocks
Everything a procedure needs
Callouts
Success, warning, alert — each with its own color and icon.
Tabs
Different instructions in one block: iOS, Android, Web.
Tables
Who does what and by when — with people mentioned right in the cells.
Columns
Do and Don’t side by side, in two columns.
Code with highlighting
Configs and commands with syntax highlighting and a language picker.
Toggles
Details hide under a heading: the Rollback checklist expands on click.
Equations
TeX right on the page — for example, how SLA is calculated.
Hand-drawn diagrams
A drawing board right in the text: branch → review → release.
Select text and it’s all at hand
A toolbar pops up over the selected text: bold, italic, link, code, text color and highlight. Pick red and “October 12” stands out from across the room.
03 · Discuss
Discussion in the margins
Comment on a phrase, reply in a thread, react and mention. Once it’s settled, close it.
Comment on a specific phrase
Select a phrase and click Comment. The phrase is highlighted in the text and the comment goes right under it: “Moved to November: the provider needs two weeks.”
Bring in a teammate with @
Type @ and pick a person from the suggestions: “@Sofia Rossi, we need an accent colour”. The mention is highlighted in the text.
04 · Keep it in order
Nothing gets lost
Every edit is a version with an author. Pages show up as a tree and on a map, and deleted ones go to the trash, not away forever.
Version history: who changed what and when
⋯ → Version History. Every edit is a separate version with the date, time and author, so you can see who changed the page and when.
The map shows the whole wiki
The Mind map tab draws the page tree. + expands a branch, and clicking a page opens it on the side — without leaving the map.
Order
Lock, move, trash
Lock
Turn on Lock page and nobody edits it by accident.
Move
Move to, then pick a new place in the page tree.
Trash
Deleted pages are kept for 30 days and come back with one click.
Full width
Wide tables use the full width of the window.
05 · Connect
A page that knows about tasks
Links to tasks, other pages and a section’s table of contents aren’t just text — they take you where you need to go.
A task right in the text
/ → Link to task → search across projects. A link with the task’s title appears in the text: “Available slots calendar”.
06 · Share with control
Only what’s meant to go out
A public link with a PIN code, your own rules for guests and a log of who opened and edited.
Publish with a PIN code
Share → public access by link → Manage PIN code. Five digits, and without them the page won’t open.
No PIN code, just a lock
A visitor sees Access secured and five cells for the code. Until they enter the PIN code from the author, the page stays closed.
A log of who opened and edited
⋯ → Audit. How many times the page was opened and by how many people, who did what and when, with filters by period, people and actions.
Cloud or self-hosted
Free for up to 20 people. Your own server whenever you want
In the cloud — no card, no time limit. Need full control over your docs? Deploy Layers on your server: the same pages, the same access log.
One workspace
Pages are just the start
Is it free?
Yes: in the cloud it’s free for up to 20 people, no card. On your own server it’s licensed — see pricing.
Why is this better than a folder of documents?
Pages form a tree and show up on a map, every edit has an author and a version, and links to tasks and other pages show their titles and take you straight there.
Can I make a page public?
Yes: Share → public link. You can set a PIN code, show or hide the sidebar, and allow or block duplication and copying. Unpublish with one click.
Can I see who opened a page?
Yes: ⋯ → Audit. It lists views and edits with names and times, with filters by period, people and actions. The page owner and workspace admins can see the audit. On your own server, records can also be protected with a hash chain.
Can I download a page?
Yes: ⋯ → Export to PDF.
Can I restore an older version?
Yes: ⋯ → Version History. Pick a version and click Restore or Duplicate.
How do we discuss a document?
Select a phrase and leave a comment: replies go in a thread, there are reactions and @mentions, and settled discussions move to Resolved.
What can I add to a page?
Via /: headings, lists and checklists, tables, columns, tabs, callouts, code, equations, images, video, files, embeds, a drawing board, and links to pages and tasks.
Docs that know about your tasks
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