Outl: Open Source Outliner with Markdown Notes
Started by Frankcat
on 11/12/2026
Frankcat
11/12/2026 8:17 am
Hi everyone.
I recently found outl (https://github.com/outlmd/outl a local first outliner that is also open source. It's available for several platforms and seems to be inspired by Roam Research and Logseq. It's still in beta.
I recently found outl (https://github.com/outlmd/outl a local first outliner that is also open source. It's available for several platforms and seems to be inspired by Roam Research and Logseq. It's still in beta.
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Paul Korm
11/12/2026 10:11 am
Interesting. Gatekeeper doesn't like it on macOS, but you can override that in Privacy & Security.
There's a direct-download website here:
https://outl.app/download
The version from that outl.app site is very minimalist implementation but a lot of features. From the GitHub site in @Frankcat's posting you can join the TestFlight beta and use TestFlight to get a more Mac-like version of Outl and the iPhone version which syncs with the Mac via the local network. The iPhone version's design is a simple journaling metaphor.
There's a direct-download website here:
https://outl.app/download
The version from that outl.app site is very minimalist implementation but a lot of features. From the GitHub site in @Frankcat's posting you can join the TestFlight beta and use TestFlight to get a more Mac-like version of Outl and the iPhone version which syncs with the Mac via the local network. The iPhone version's design is a simple journaling metaphor.
Frankcat
11/12/2026 10:32 am
I've been trying it on a Mac, Windows and iPhone. Even while using different networks the sync seems to work.
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