Outliner
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Outliner, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Outliner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Client side
- The maker says everything runs client side in a modern browser.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Collapse and expand
- The toolbar includes controls to collapse all nodes or expand all nodes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing
- It supports keyboard driven editing, collapse and expand, hoisting, drag reordering, and localStorage persistence.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Feeds
- The toolbar includes an option to add a feed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hoisting
- The app can hoist a node to focus on its subtree, with a control to dehoist.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- Import and export preserve node attributes, and the maker says the app is compatible with files from Drummer and Frontier.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Includes
- The toolbar includes an option to add an include.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Inspector
- The app includes an Inspector for viewing node attributes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The maker describes use for building subscription lists and composing OPML files from other OPML files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Keyboard shortcuts
- The page lists Tab and Shift-Tab for indentation and Alt plus the up or down arrow for moving nodes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under the MIT License, with copyright credited to Andy Sylvester in 2026.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile use
- The maker reports testing the app with Android tablet and Google Chrome and says phone editing still needed updates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- OPML files
- The app provides controls to import and export OPML files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- OPML inclusion
- Add include links to another OPML file, which can be expanded inline as a read only live view.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Outliner is a web-based tool for creating and editing outlines.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Read-only
- The toolbar displays a read-only control.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Read only viewing
- A URL parameter can open a public OPML file in read only mode, and the page says it can still be exported.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reordering
- Outline nodes can be indented, outdented, and moved up or down.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The opened maker pages do not state security certifications or compliance claims.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Setup
- The maker says it needs no build step, server, or dependencies; open the HTML file to use it.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Version
- The page identifies the app as version 0.6.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
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