The beautifully crafted outliner for your Mac. Keep ideas structured and collected every day.




CrossLine is described as 'Outliner with sophisticated cross-link capabilities in the tradition of the well-respected Ecco Pro. It implements the concept of "Transclusion" proposed by Ted Nelson and - among others - implemented in the legendary Objectory SE tool by Ivar Jacobson' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CrossLine for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad and Linux apps. The best CrossLine alternative is CherryTree, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CrossLine are Workflowy, Dynalist, Org mode and wikidPad.
The beautifully crafted outliner for your Mac. Keep ideas structured and collected every day.




Bike is a macOS (11 and later) native outliner. Bike has good performance on big outlines. Bike uses open file formats and is scriptable too. Use Bike to record and process your ideas.


VSNotes is a Visual Studio Code extension.
VS Notes is a simple tool that takes care of the creation and management of plain text notes and harnesses the power of VS Code via the Command Palette.


Collect your thoughts with this minimalist, but powerful Notes / To-Do app. Features include offline support, infinite nesting, search, and sync between devices.




Cross-platform app for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Sync outlines between computers and devices with iCloud. Sync outlines with Evernote, Import and export outlines in OPML format.



Noteliner is an outlining tool for keeping track of todos and other information about projects. Noteliner lets you create a hierarchy of notes to track and structure your work. You can also give these notes due dates, indicate which ones need attention, assign people...

Outlines are interactive and highly customizable notes that organize your plans, projects, and ideas in a clear way. You can synchronize your records with Evernote and iCloud, share your data, and format your notes in the built-in powerful editor.




Escape is your place to jot down notes & ideas, connect and develop them, and bring them to life.




The product offers three primary types of views — phone book views, calendar views, and notepad views. Central to the program's design is an outlining structure and the ability to easily manipulate information regardless of in which view it was entered.



