outl vs Tine

outl7.2Visit Tine6.9Visit

Higher score outl #5 in Outliner Software 7.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit outl

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Tine #7 in Outliner Software 6.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Tine

• outl fits best

  Free private Markdown outliners

• Tine fits best

  Open-source knowledge outliners

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Side by side

Feature	outl 7.2/10 Visit ↗	Tine 6.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.2	6.9
Ranking	#5 in Outliner Software	#7 in Outliner Software
Best for	Free private Markdown outliners	Open-source knowledge outliners
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted, Desktop, Mobile	Desktop, Mobile
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Support	Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	3 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business	Solo, Small business
Features outl 3/4 · Tine 3/4
Offline access	✓	✓
Markdown support	✓	✓
Real-time collaboration	—	Not published
Backlinks	✓	✓
Specs
App platforms	macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android	Linux, macOS, Windows, Android
Export formats	Markdown, JSON, Hugo	Markdown, Org, Text, OPML, HTML, PDF
Navigation modes	Normal, Insert, Visual, collapse/fold, workspace search, fuzzy switcher, command palette	focus mode, folding, filtering, search, tabs
Our review
Pros	Free, MIT-licensed, and requires no account Encrypted peer-to-peer sync across desktop and mobile platforms Imports, exports, backlinks, and MCP connections for AI tools	Reads and writes Markdown and Org files used by Logseq Combines links, queries, views, annotations, and recovery tools Runs offline across Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android
Cons	Pre-1.0 software with several beta clients Windows desktop app is still in progress No collaboration features	The product is still in alpha and not yet 1.0 Linux is the primary, best-tested platform Android is a sideloaded APK, with no public iOS app
Our verdict	outl is a local-first outliner for people who organize notes as nested, movable blocks and want Markdown files stored on their own devices. It supports offline editing across macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, and Android, with a terminal… Read the review →	Tine is a local-first knowledge outliner for people who organize information in nested bullets, tasks, pages, and linked graph structures. It is free, open source under AGPL-3.0, and available on Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android. Its… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• outl — where it wins

  • Free, MIT-licensed, and requires no account
  • Encrypted peer-to-peer sync across desktop and mobile platforms
  • Imports, exports, backlinks, and MCP connections for AI tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Pre-1.0 software with several beta clients
  • Windows desktop app is still in progress
  • No collaboration features

• Tine — where it wins

  • Reads and writes Markdown and Org files used by Logseq
  • Combines links, queries, views, annotations, and recovery tools
  • Runs offline across Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android

  Where it doesn't

  • The product is still in alpha and not yet 1.0
  • Linux is the primary, best-tested platform
  • Android is a sideloaded APK, with no public iOS app

• outl7.2/10 · Free plan

  A free, private Markdown outliner with encrypted sync, backlinks, and AI-tool connections.

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• Tine6.9/10 · Free plan

  A flexible free outliner for Markdown and Org graphs, with Linux as its primary platform.

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