🔖 OutNoted

An outline note-taking editor.

Just what it says on the tin: OutNoted is an editor for outlines made of one-line notes, inspired by the old Linux/BSD tool `hnb`.

Screenshot of a desktop application showing an edit line and tree of text notes in the main work area. There is a toolbar with colorful icons.

This is my second attempt to make one; my interest in outliners dates back almost five years. The first time I failed however, because outliners are complicated.

The outline of a game

The trick, as with many other things, is paring them down to the essence.

Download

OutNoted is offered under the MIT license. See inside the archive:

OutNoted 2.2 (13K)

Legacy edition (10K)

System requirements

OutNoted requires a Python runtime. Python comes preinstalled on the Mac and most Linux distributions; Windows users can get it from the python.org website. You'll also need the Tkinter module, which is bundled with most Windows runtimes and preinstalled on the Mac. On Linux you might need to add it yourself: look in your package manager for something called "tkinter", "python-tk" or the like.

Python version 3.x is preferred, but 2.7 should work as well.

Minimum screen resolution: 800x600. Recommended: 1024x768.

Status

OutNoted 2.x is current as of February 2024. New versions come with a redesigned user interface, including:

But also new features like:

Most application logic is reused from the 1.x series, except for added features. There could be new bugs; please back up your data.

Features

Uses

How to use

Key bindings

(Many bindings have a Command- equivalent for Mac users.)

Other bindings are shown in the menu.

Remarks

Wishlist

Contact and support

You can usually find me on IRC:

#ctrl-c channel of tilde.chat

or else on Mastodon:

No Time To Play on elekk.xyz

You can also leave feedback on itch.io or on Tildegit:

itch.io mirror

Tildegit project page

Would love to hear from you.

See also

Scrunch Edit: an offshoot project that complements OutNoted.

Keep an EyeOut: a tool to eye the outline of various documents.

hnb: the old text-based outliner for Linux and BSD that inspired OutNoted.

Last updated: 01 February 2024

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