We owe Cherrytree to the hard work and generosity of developer Giuseppe Penone. Just the other day, I installed the Cherrytree hierarchical notes application on my LinuxMint system.

My to-do list is full of free software applications I must install and a list of free e-books I need to download anon (but rarely ever read).ĭownloading free apps on my Linux computer has turned into one of the enjoyable preoccupations in the evening of my life. The function-packed menus can seem intimidating at first, but persevere and you'll soon figure out how everything works.Folks who know me well attribute my growing fondness for Linux to the plentiful availability of free software in the open source universe.Īlthough my productivity is pitiful, output embarrassing, work habits slovenly and lethargy legendary, I come up tops when it comes to downloading free calendars, to-do apps and, above all, notes software. Verdict:ĬherryTree is a very capable note-taking tool which can be used for everything from managing 'to do lists' to maintaining code snippets. The program also works well with similar note-taking apps, though, importing data from EssentialPIM, Gnote, KeepNote, Mempad, TreePad, Zim and more, or exporting your documents to PDF, HTML or plain TXT. Although if you forget, that may not be a problem: a capable Search tool - with regular expression support - will quickly track down what you need.īy default CherryTree neatly saves you work as a single XML file or SQLite database, optionally password-protecting it to maintain your privacy.

Important nodes may be bookmarked to help you find them later.

And just about everything has its own keyboard shortcut for extra speed. Spell Check, subscript/ superscript, H1/ H2/ H3 toggling, case change commands, syntax highlighting for many common languages, there's a lot here (although Spell Check may have to be enabled from Settings > Rich Text). The core editor had many more features than we expected. This might be text notes, links, images, tables, lists, files and more, each with a host of formatting options.

Each node is effectively a separate page where you can enter whatever content you like. You'll create a few 'nodes' - folders on a tree - to represent some structure (1, 1a, 1b, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c etc). This works much like many similar programs. CherryTree is a hierarchical note-taking application for brainstorming, planning, creating to-do lists, managing tasks, and generally keeping yourself organised.

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