OutlineEdit - Sketch ideas on your Mac

Every great idea starts with a blank page.
Then you collect your thoughts, reshuffle them, structure.
To end up with something that's just right.

Use OutlineEdit to sketch ideas on your Mac.

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Everything you need

Works like you expect it to: set an outline title, create new items, then structure them using indentation and drag & drop.

Work more efficiently with support for Touchbar on the new MacBook Pro. New

Use bold, italic or underlined text to add expression to your outlines.
Independently adjustable text size for editor & exports.

Add side notes for additional information while keeping your outline clean and simple.

Enable checkboxes to mark items as done, they will fade out to make clear which ones you still have to focus on.

Fold item groups to focus — either by manual selection, any item down to a certain layer or even to a maximum.

Full text search in items and notes lets you locate information instantly.

Distraction free working in full screen mode.
So you can instantly focus when you need to.

Indentation guidelines indicate which layer items are on.
Group guides show belonging items when folding and sorting. New

What makes it even better

Color labeled categories create another layer of structure to your outlines — independent of the items’ positions inside the document. Use custom color schemes.

Filter for items of one or multiple categories to get an overview and to export them directly.

Save quick drafts with just one click, no need to choose a name and place.

Drafts and recent outlines are always there when you need them, right from the fast access menu.

Bring OutlineEdit to the front and open fast access using a global shortcut.

Imagine a highlighter for the web: It allows you to mark text on web pages in Safari and to directly take these selections into a new document in OutlineEdit.
You have never collected information on the web that fast.

Pinboard for Today View: keep to do lists and notes always in reach, just one swipe away. New

A wide set of statistics always at a glance: number of items, layers, number of words or characters, checked items and even track working time.

Built-in window management arranges open outlines in ideal order.

Let an outline float on top of all applications for instant access, even make it translucent to work most conveniently with many applications on a smaller screen.

Open to the World: Export & Sharing

Export to paginated PDF and to RTF.

Import and export OPML files.

Send outlines to Evernote and to your Amazon Kindle, perfectly sized for its display.

Automatic exports keep your PDF and OPML files seamlessly up to date.

Copy as plain text for use with any application.

Why outlining?

An outline is best way to collect what’s on our mind.

Outlining not only gets ideas down on a page, but follows our way of thinking: exploring new ideas, constantly adding and reshuffling.

Outlines bring you all the way from the first idea to a finished thought.

Why OutlineEdit?

OutlineEdit was designed to be simple, intuitive and delightful.

It’s a tool for sketching thoughts. Allowing for outlining as dynamic and fast as your thinking.

With powerful features like categories, drafts and Marker for Safari, it comes fully equipped.

Macworld rated it 4/5, Mac|Life says GREAT.

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Great applications always get better Regular updates improve OutlineEdit and add new features

Want to learn even more?
View our User’s Guide

Free on the Mac App Store