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A Reflect alternative that keeps your outline yours

Looking for a Reflect alternative? See what changes, what transfers, and what TreeNote does differently — local-first, keyboard-first, portable.

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TreeNotePrivate & Fast
  • 100% Local-first (Data stays on your machine)
  • No monthly item limits or node caps
  • Syncs through your own Drive / Dropbox (CRDT)
  • Multi-views (Board, Table, Mind Map, Today)
  • BYOK AI integration without locking into one model
Reflect : TreeNote, a Private Keyboard-First OutlinerCloud / Complex
  • Proprietary cloud servers hold your notes
  • Monthly item quotas or complex plugin configurations
  • Sync lock-in or high recurring subscription fees
  • Rigid view modes or slow nested performance

Keep the clarity. Take back control.

Reflect makes capture simple. TreeNote makes the structure behind your work durable: one deep tree, faster keyboard flow, local ownership and no need to keep your thinking inside a vendor account.

Move one Reflect project first

Treat this as a selective conversion. Export one note or project with real hierarchy, prepare it as an OPML outline, and run it in TreeNote for a week. Keep your Reflect account intact while you test.

Pick an outline-shaped projectStart with a plan, writing project or structured notes—not a link-heavy notebook.
Export and convert itUse Reflect’s current export route, then create an OPML file for TreeNote.
Run it in TreeNoteUse the outline, keyboard shortcuts and Today view with real work before moving anything else.

Learn how OPML import works →

Pick an outline-shaped project

Start with a plan, writing project or structured notes—not a link-heavy notebook.

Export and convert it

Use Reflect’s current export route, then create an OPML file for TreeNote.

Run it in TreeNote

Use the outline, keyboard shortcuts and Today view with real work before moving anything else.

Questions before you switch

Convert one Reflect note. See how it reads as a branch.

Keep Reflect exactly as it is. Bring one active project into TreeNote and see what changes when the structure, next action and data ownership live in one focused outline.

Import your outline in minutes

Export an OPML file from your current outliner and drop it into TreeNote. Your hierarchy, bullet nests, and notes are preserved.

See OPML Import Guide

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Keep the outline. Leave the study-system overhead behind.

Use RemNote for outlining, not flashcards? Move to TreeNote for private, local-first notes, unlimited structure, keyboard control and direct OPML import.

Move your projects from Obsidian into a focused TreeNote outline

Move projects, plans and manuscripts from Obsidian to TreeNote: one fast, private, keyboard-first outline with free own-cloud sync and flexible views.

Move from Reflect to an outline that stays yours

Move from Reflect to TreeNote for private, local-first notes, a fast keyboard-first outline, own-cloud sync and flexible views over one tree.

Move your Workflowy outline to TreeNote—and keep it yours

Thinking of leaving Workflowy? Switch to TreeNote for private, local-first outlines, no monthly node cap, keyboard control and a simple OPML import path.