Work inOutsmile is a keyboard-driven outliner that works on plain markdown files. Headings and lists turn into a collapsible, zoomable outline, and the file stays exactly what you'd write by hand.
Join waitlist · FreeNo account · no cloud · just .md files in a folder you choose
Privacy
You should own what you type. Notes are where you think out loud, and nobody should be reading along: no company, no server, no uninvited third party between you and your words.
So there's no Outsmile account and no Outsmile cloud. The app doesn't sync, upload or phone home. Your notes are ordinary markdown files in a folder you pick, and nothing happens to them that you didn't decide.
Plain .md, with no IDs, no metadata and no database. Folds and zoom are stored separately, so the file is only what you wrote.
The app makes no network requests. A link opens in your browser only when you ⌘-click it.
Open the same files in Obsidian, iA Writer, VS Code or vim. Put them in git. Stop using Outsmile tomorrow and lose nothing.
Want them on another device? Put the folder wherever you like.
What's on disk
This is the exact file behind the recordings below. Outsmile reads it as an outline and saves it back in the same shape. It even keeps your line endings.
- Friday in Poznań - Land at Ławica airport, tram to the Old Market Square - Dinner on the square - Pierogi ruskie, stuffed with potato and twaróg cheese - Pyry z gzikiem: Poznań's potatoes with quark and chives - Saturday - Noon at the town hall: two metal goats butt heads 12 times - Ostrów Tumski - Poznań Cathedral, the oldest in Poland - Mieszko I, Poland's first ruler, is said to rest here - ⭐ St. Martin's croissant at the Croissant Museum - Sunday - Kayak or walk around Lake Malta - Train to Warsaw, under 3 hours
Zoom
Press ⌘. or click a bullet to zoom into any item, so it becomes the whole page. Breadcrumbs take you back up. Everything else stays out of the way until you need it.
Collapse
Fold anything with ⌘↑. A halo on the bullet shows there's more inside. Folds, zoom and caret are remembered for each file, and none of that touches the markdown.
[[links]] between files, and a way to hide what's doneKeyboard first
Into any item, and back up one level.
Add ⌥ to fold or unfold everything inside.
Works on headings too: Tab changes the heading level.
Turn an item into a checkbox, tick it off, or star it.
Fuzzy search over files and commands, or go straight to a pinned file.
Find text across every file in your library.
Work in progress · join the waitlist
No trial, no subscription, no account. Point it at a folder and start typing. If you already have markdown notes, it opens those too.
macOS. Your files stay wherever you keep them.
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