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Posted by jimspoon
Feb 20, 2013 at 06:44 PM
Keynote-NF development has continued and the last beta release was in January.
http://code.google.com/p/keynote-nf/
http://code.google.com/p/keynote-nf/downloads/detail?name=Release_1.7.9.3 Beta 4.rar
Developer says:
“I’m working in a totally new application, based in .NET and db4o object oriented database. My intention is to add to this new application basically the same functionality of today’s KeyNote and all that things that I’m really interested in. I have a very clear idea of what I want and there are many things that are very more difficult to implement in current KeyNote. This new application will be open source too. Soon I will create a new project in Google Code for that new application.”
might be interesting to some here.
Posted by Anthony
Jan 29, 2026 at 08:36 AM
It does not follow the fashion - and new trends - of Software as a Service, web-based apps, or the current hype around AI integration.
Instead, it remains an old-style knowledge-management outliner for Windows. It is free and, unusually and to its credit, still under development.
The good news is that it runs - and very fast - using about 5 MB of RAM and fits into a portable folder of roughly 10 MB.
One of the first things I test in an outliner is drag-and-drop in the navigation pane, and here it works perfectly. It accepts RTF formats and supports OLE objects (including, as I tested, my installed MS Equation Editor).
In the mortuary cemetery of classic outliners, this one feels unexpectedly alive. I have no affiliation with the project, but I’m glad - and surprised - to see it still going.
https://github.com/dpradov/keynote-nf
Posted by James Salla
Feb 3, 2026 at 05:31 AM
The commercial software RightNote was, I believe, inspired by Keynote NF. It’s a pretty good outliner, with some really useful tagging features.
Posted by Anthony
Feb 4, 2026 at 09:29 AM
James Salla wrote:
> RightNote was, I believe, inspired by Keynote
Good spot: they share in fact the same classic outliner philosophy - one of the majour causes of CRIMP desease, I believe. RightNote has admittedly added several additional features; however, in my testing it is not as crisp or responsive as KeyNote. For instance, it requires at least 150 MB of RAM and nearly ten times more disk space (around 90 MB).
Moreover, OLE objects - which allow embedding and opening other document types within the outliner - have proven more reliable in KeyNote NF based on my limited experience.
Posted by Nomatica
Feb 5, 2026 at 09:41 PM
“The good news is that it runs - and very fast - using about 5 MB of RAM and fits into a portable folder of roughly 10 MB.”
Is this the case even when it has a significant amount of information stored in it?